Thankfully, through the ministry of missionary Richard Konnerup, a Kenyan man, Simon Kibaki, felt the call of God on his life to be involved in the Lord's work as a pastor. He left his job on a coffee plantation across the city and got a job as a night guard. As he looked across the small valley before him, he saw a slum area where 200,000 people lived in poverty. There was nothing of a true witness there. Simon began talking to Richard Konnerup about the great need of the area, and soon, Simon and his wife Mary moved into that slum. If they were to reach those people, they would need to live with them. They raised their children there and have lived in the poverty and filth of Kibera for 28 years. They began a service and Bible study in a one-room shack with barely enough headroom to stand up. Simon and Mary started a church which grew over the years, and later started a school to give the children of the area a chance to get an education and learn the Bible. The property for the church and school was loaned by the government and eventually became so crowded by neighboring mud houses that expansion was impossible. The only solution was to remove the rusty tin roofs from the existing buildings to add a second story. Today, the school has grown to over 380 children and a feeding program has been started so these poor children can have at least one good meal each school day. BBFI Mission Director Jon Konnerup, several pastors, and the leader of MANNA recently visited this area and were impressed with Pastor Simon's work and the desperate need. Thus, the Kibera Project was started under the supervision of Ole Konnerup. The purpose of the project is to purchase sufficient land to build a church and school facilities to meet the spiritual and educational need of this desperate growing area.