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How I Became Bishop and My Future Plans
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By Vision Peoples in MissionSeptember 10, 20220 Comments

How I Became Bishop and My Future Plans

The year 2021 started on a rather very difficult note of health problems on me. The problem begun  in October  2020 when I could feel  severe  burning  sensation  in my chest after walking   for 10  minutes.  When I visited the chest specialist, they advised me to consult a heart doctor. Well, I started going around Nairobi City hospitals, looking for a cheaper heart doctor. I got Dr. Harun Otieno  at Aga khan  Hospital but again  he couldn’t  use Aga Khan Hospital  Theatre because  it was very  expensive for me. I had to go book Nairobi hospital for heart surgery. My  family looked for our savings   and I managed to  go through the  heart surgery  at Nairobi hospital on  8th  February  2021.  When  we were told of my heart  problem,  I told my friends  as prayer request  and thanksgiving ( because  we had cleared the hospital bill) Then financial help  came in  just  enough to recover  what we had  used on my medical and heart surgery bill.

Sickness brought together my old and new pastors brethren we have ministered with in Nairobi/Korogocho   for many years. Some of them joined us to from VPM many years ago and had scattered across the country and brethren feared that I was going to die. After I recovered  , the fellowships intensified  at VPM and as the days  went by,  brethren/pastors  gave  words of prophecy that I should be consecrated  and be the Bishop  of the churches  that formed VPM Korogocho and others had scattered  across  the country without registration and an  overseer. Some pastors had approached me some years back with the same message but had turned them down. This time round,   I was convinced that it was time to accept word of prophesy and wisdom that I become their Bishop in addition to our own congregations.   It was  agreed  on the part  of these pastors  and their ministries  and Vision Missionary Church to  sign a legal document  of committal to  agreement  to work as  one church, Vision Missionary Church and I as a Bishop.  Plans got underway, a date of my consecration as a Bishop was agreed upon; I was to get prepared for the occasion including budget through consecration committee. The consecration was successful on 5th September 2021 at Vision Centre Korogocho.

When the year 2021 begun, I did not know or even think that I would become Bishop the same year, but I expected death from heart ailments. Vision Missionary church has been registered and operational for 18 years and Revd Franklyn  Otwoma is one of the  registered clergy of the church with the Kenya Government Registrar of Societies.

Bishop Franklyn and his wife Violet

I am now a Bishop, a different job and busy schedules of ordinations and licensing of God’s servants for work across the country. I am happy to have this change of work after 28 years at Korogocho on the dump working for VPM, with 21 years on fulltime basis.

I am  now  approved,  mandated  and morally accepted  by VPM to be the Patron and Chief Executive Officer (besides being  Bishop of Vision Missionary Church) for some time as VPM search  for a Director.  Please pray  for VPM’s  work, staff, supporters’ , committee/Trustees of VPM as we seek to serve the Lord  in bringing Him  to be known to all  through our services  and work among  the poor  of Korogocho slums. I am humbly inviting friends  and VPM supporters  to pray for VPM and Vision Missionary church  and I as the Leader.

Forgiveness

NELSON MANDELA, former South African President, wrote a personal awesome story….

After I became President, I asked one day some members of my close protection to stroll with me in the city, have lunch at one of its restaurants. We sat in one of the downtown restaurant and all of us asked for some of food. After a while, the waiter brought us our requests, I noticed that there is someone sitting in front of my table waiting for food.

I told then one of the soldiers: Go and ask that person to join us with his food and eat with us. The soldier went and asked the man so. The man bought up his food and sat by my side as I asked and began to eat. His hands were trembling constantly until everyone had finished their food and the man went.

The soldier said to me: the man was apparently quite sick. His hands trembled as he ate!” “No, not at all,” said MANDELA. “This man was the GUARD of the PRISON where I was JAILED”.

Yours in Christ, 

Bishop Franklyn  Otwoma

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