Rivers of Hope International

Dear Friends,
Several people have asked what I will be doing when I go to Kenya.
Allow me to tell a short story, where this all began.

Mozambique 2005, 100+ white people, most of whom have never been in Africa, 60+ Mozambquian pastors. Heidi is teaching from the beatitudes and asked the question, ” how many of you have lost loved ones to starvation”. 20 men raised their hands. Again, “how many have lost loved ones to crocodiles diving for lily bulbs?” at least 10. One of these humble broken men with no shoes prays for me and I saturate his yellow shirt with my tears. As Im trying to walk away to try and “get it together”, a young man who has lost his father to starvation comes up to me and with the authority of heaven in his voice says, “YOU WILL FEED THOUSANDS!”. I spent the next several hours lieing in the red African dirt crying crocodile tears as The Father gave me His heart for this continent.

All this to say Im not really sure what to expect but I know Im being asked to go and love and that “it is God who is at work in me, both to will and to act according to His good pleasure”. Phil. 2:13

I may end up sitting in the dirt weeping with and holding a young mother in my arms who has lost her child to starvation but we will take our meager offering and watch and see what He will do. I have seen our God multiple food. Heb. 13:8  says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever” and just as He multiplied the loaves and the fish to feed the multitudes and as we “only believe” Mark 5:36, He will do the same for His children in Kenya, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think”. Eph.3:20

I have heard and firmly believe that if we, as mere human flesh think that we can accomplish something like feeding thousands then God doesnt have to show up, but if its something I could never do in a thousand years then its gotta be God and He will get all the glory!
Just like Moses said

 ”Show me your Glory Lord and then HE caused all His goodness to pass before him”
Ps 27:13

“What, what would have become of me had I not believed I would see the Lords goodness in the land of the living, 14, wait for , hope for and expect the Lord! Be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring, YES! wait for hope for and expect the Lord”!

Please pray for my travel, I will be going alone from Uganda and meeting the rest of the team there. Also travel as we move from place to place.

The “religion” there is traditional which is basically witchcraft. This little light of mine Im gonna let it SHINE, the darkness doesn’t have a chance.

“Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world!”
1 John 4:4

Pray that He will be glorified in all things, in us and through us!

Food multiplication,healing the brokenhearted and replacing it with hope.

I recently made some awesome connections so we have local people who will travel with us and help bring the love of Christ!

thanks so much, It not to late to help. You can give at my website (I just posted new pics of S. Sudan)
riversofhopeintl.org (no tax deduction) or

Tax deductible donations can be sent to

Barbara Iman c/o KPGI
9020 Pickering Ln.
Missoula, Mt. 59808

thanks again for your encouragement and prayer!

Living on purpose!
Love, Barb