2024-11-15T09:56:42-06:00 2023-12-31 582115374 Mersereau Lazenby & Rockas LLC 3469 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Rd Suwanee GA 30024 990EZ 2023-01-01 275271916 3 Strands International Inc 3STR 7705695211 4840 Lakeland Drive Marietta GA 30068 Christy Sylvester Chairman 7705695211 2024-11-15 1 1 Lois S Lazenby P00295161 7706146800 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X N/A X X 114586 X 114586 114586 600 679 27 114121 115427 -841 5671 0 4830 5671 4830 5671 4830 0 0 5671 4830 X 3 Strands International is primarily a discipleship center facilitating mission trips for churches in the U.S. to East Africa with a mission to equip, empower and deploy servant-leaders within and outside the wall of the church to restore the least, the lost, and the lonely with the gospel of Jesus Christ and the resources of the global church. Our flagship ministry focuses on three areas. First, we hold church development conferences. Second under the banner, Sew4Life, we seek to empower slum women, youth, and children through sewing and character development skills. Third, we have partnered with other churches to provide enrichment classes to pastors in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. 2023 Program Accomplishments for 3 Strands International Inc. In June 2023, we hosted the Sullivans, a family of 6 from Asheville area of North Carolina. The family visited HOYWIK learning Center, a school in Kibera slum. John Sullivan and his wife Bobby are founders of Servant Leader Ministries and members of the board of missions at Christ Community Church in Montreat. Their son Sean, and his wife Laura, is president of Cornerstone Construction Company, operating in North Carolina and leaders at Baltimore Baptist Church, NC. Their goal was to familiarize themselves with the work in the slum of Kibera in Nairobi. They met with the director of the school and in their conversation, they helped the Director to focus on two things that if done would offer the school 80 % of the desired results in the slum. By the end of visit in June 2023, a decision was reached and adopted of two major projects which were to be accomplished the following year. Firstly, to drill a well and secondly to construct toilets at a cost of about $50,000 USD. The well was to be drilled to solve a problem of clean water that would serve over 200 families, about 650,000 people. The toilets were to serve the school and about 40 families that neighbor the school.In September we hosted a team of twelve from West-U Baptist and Crosspoint Church in Houston, Texas. The mission team used our light and soul, an evangelism tool, to share the love of Christ and distributed solar lamps to 40 families that live in the remote villages of Olpusimoru in Maasai Mara. The team also conducted a medical camp and treated 242 people. Trained 100 pastors and 100 pastors' wives separately in this remote wild of Maasai Mara here in Kenya. The team visited 2 schools and prayed with over 700 students in the same place and another 320 in the city of Nairobi. Kardo Ministries is another of our key partners that goes in the name of MotherWise mentorship programs for parents. We trained 2000 women in 2023 using Motherwise Bible Study books.3-Strands in collaboration with CityRise Church received funds to help build 2 hospitals one far west and one in far North in Narok county of Kenya. These 2 hospitals are not owned by 3-Strands, but 3-strands did help oversee the project and funds disbursement.I am also happy to report that 50 new Bible study groups started in Kenya in 2019, had grown to 170 groups at the close of 2023. We continue to see many mothers and fathers encouraged and growing in their role and responsibility at home through our work and partnership with Kardo Ministries of Houston in the USA.3-Strands has another arm of ministry called Sew4Life that ministers to women and girls from the slums of Nairobi through sewing and Bible study mentorship materials. By the close of 2023, Sew4life had mentored over 40 women in this program 0 113308 113308 John Sullivan Director 3.75 0 0 0 Onesmus Weru Executive Director 40.00 600 0 0 Christy Sylvester Chairman 10.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GA 3 Tree Bookkeeping LLC 1720 Epps Brideg Pkwy Ste 108-429 Athens GA 30606 4044094845 0 1 KE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 65155 27920 94180 45763 114586 347604 65155 27920 94180 45763 114586 347604 4148 343456 347604 0.98810 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses Description: Fees. Amount: 723. Description: Travel. Amount: 144. Description: Ministry Development. Amount: 72. Description: Church to Church. Amount: 113,182. Total to Form 990-EZ, line 16: 114,121. The organization did not, during the year, receive any funds, directly,or indirectly, to pay premiums on a personal benefit contract.The organization, did not, during the year, pay any premiums, directly,or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract.