In the year 1924, Emily Dudgeon's parents bought a farm at Rongai, Kenya. On one of her trips from England to Mombasa, she came to know the Lord Jesus Christ, and converted to the Christian faith under the guidance of Captain Brown (who commanded one of the Union Castle liners). From that time onward, she gave freely of herself for the benefit of the Kenyan people.

She soon started visiting schools in Kenya's rural Rift Valley, taking the Bible's 'gospel message' to students and teachers alike. In the early 1970's she was joined by a Joseph Luvisia Jadevela, a Kenyan Christian who had been trained as a school teacher, and who had been through Bible College to become a pastor. He worked with her until her tragic death in a road accident in November 1978.

Earlier that year, Emily had also been joined by Robin and Mary Bough, a married couple from England, who continued the work with Joseph after her death. When Robin and Mary returned to England in 1980 they appointed Pastor Joseph to continue the missionary work, and they continue to support it from the UK.

Robin has made several visits back to Kenya since 1985, always paying his own air fares and expenses, and each time staying with Joseph and his family. Joseph married his wife, Jenny, in January 1980, since when the family has been blessed with one daughter and four sons.

Joseph puts his very heart into his pastoral role, whilst preaching the gospel and caring for needy people. Accordingly, he has legally adopted twenty girls, rescuing them from desperately troubled situations and backgrounds. And, while Kenyan culture demands that he only adopt girls, all of them think of Jenny and him as their mother and father.

Over the years, the mission has been provided with land - and a home - for the now extensive family. More recently, they have acquired a three acre plot (which is 15 miles distant) for crop growing, which helps them feed themselves. A small house was built on the new plot to give the girls shelter and accommodation while they worked the land but, sadly, a fire completely destroyed it in 1999.

On a more positive note, they have recently been able to buy themselves a Toyota Hi-Ace minibus, using funds sourced in the UK. The new vehicle replaces an earlier (and much smaller) model, and is used to transport them all - as a team - so that they can take the gospel message out into the schools, colleges, institutions and prisons around the region.