Daraja African Children's Choir

This past weekend, our church hosted the Daraja African Children's Choir. They are part of a ministry called the 410 bridge. Their mission is to bridge (Daraja is swahili for bridge) our hearts to God and bridge the country of Kenya (where they are from) to the rest of the world. To read more about the 410 bridge and the Daraja African Choir, click here.

We had the special privilege of having four of the members of the choir spend the weekend in our house. It was a great experience and my eyes were opened at the things that we take for granted. We had three little guys--all of which were either in the 6th or 7th grade--and they loved to play with Carson's and Isa's toys--by that I mean, they didn't care if it was a barbie doll or a Thomas the train (or our bicycle's), they were just excited to have toys to play with.

One of the nights that they stayed with us, I was talking with on of their leaders, whom also stayed with us (My boy Kabu) and I was asking him about the ministry. He said that part of the ministry was to help raise support for the kids. The cost os $39 a month for each kids education and $39 a month for each kids basic needs (food, water, clothing, etc.) I asked if all the kids in the choir had been supported and he said yes. He said that earlier in the tour, they visited a church in west Cobb county and at that time, only six kids had sponsors. He then told me that after the concert at that church, the pastor stood up and challenged his people to support the kids. Kabu said that by the time they left the church, everyone of the non-sponsored choir members (17 kids did not have sponsors) had all of their sponsorship needs met. As I heard this story (I was pumped for the kids) I couldn't help but wonder what church from west Cobb county stepped up and helped these kids out. When I asked him, he said it was West Cobb Baptist Church. I was shocked it a great way. The reason why is when I was freshman in college, I met a guy named Chad Cannon who lived near me and he invited me and all of my high school buddies to visit his church--West Cobb Baptist church--Long story short is that I got hooked to West Cobb Baptist church and their pastor (Scott Beasley--who is now at another church)and it was because of these influences in my life that I gave my life to Christ. My life has been forever changed because of the influence of West Cobb Baptist Church and here are my new found friends--the Daraja Children's Choir--who have come to the states from half way around the world and their life has also been forever changed because of the people of West Cobb Baptist Church. I just thought that was smokin awesome.


From left to right: Dickson, Anthony (in the back-middle), Kabu (in the front-middle) and Kevin.

Here is the Daraja African Children's Choir leading worship at BigStuf. These guys are pretty famous. The first time I saw them they were performing in front of 13,000 people at last years Catalyst conference.