Stories

Jackson Mumo is one of the young men here at Lighthouse for Christ’s Bible School. He is originally from Mariakani where his faith was sparked by his aunt and pastor. Growing up, his aunt always encouraged him to attend church. One day, he woke up and decided to...

Shubi came to Lighthouse at the age of 77.  As is the custom here, he had two wives and five children, and he was the main provider for them all.  He lost his job a year before coming, due to his vision loss.  Thankfully, a friend had seen a Lighthouse...

Sunday is a little boy who developed a cataract before he got the chance to learn how to read.  His parents brought him to Lighthouse and, thanks to YOUR donations to the Blind Children’s Fund, he was able to have the surgery to restore his sight.  Soon after, he...

Mark your calendars!  Set a reminder!  In exactly one week, East Texas is celebrating GIVING DAY!  Our goal is to raise at least $2,500 for our Blind Children Fund.  Our awesome Board has agreed to MATCH FUNDS if we meet our goal!  We desperately need you. So next...

Your financial support allows us to keep showing people like Ryan and his parents the love of Jesus.   Ryan is the firstborn to Joseph and Sarah.  Joseph is a Marine Engineer and Sarah stays home with Ryan.  When he was only 4 months old, cataracts began to be...

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At only three months of age, Valencia’s mother noticed the cataracts forming in both eyes.  His left eye soon was nearly unusable and he began holding it closed, finding his way through his first years through one cloudy eye.  When Valencia was three, his...

Ruth Salati spent most of her 80 years bringing babies into the world.  Even as she lost seven of her own ten children, her faith in Jesus kept her going.  But then her vision began fading, as well as her ability to do what she loved.  It got to where she could not...

Mr. Kazungu and his wife supported their ten children working as a chef and missionary. Three years ago he became worried when his vision grew cloudy. Living in Kilifi, about 50km north of Mombasa, there were little resources available to him. The following week,...

Kalonzo is the fourth child of subsistence farmers in a nearby village. He was unable to pass Kindergarten since he suffered from a lazy eye AND a cataract. However, he could very eagerly sing the alphabet song! His near-blindness has been an incredible hardship on...

These are the words of a mother, desperate to find healing for her 4-year old son, Darington. From the time time he was 6 months old, she had noticed the white spots in his eyes that are common with cataracts but did not know the cause or have a solution. They...

Years of farming by hand in the sun cost Dama her vision in the form of double cataracts.  Dust and the reflected rays are very common causes of cataracts here on the equator.  But hope was not lost forever and when Dama was 63, a Lighthouse poster in a local...