Between 1903 and 1905, the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists met and decided to send some missionaries to Africa. These were Pastor A.A. Carscallen and his wife, together with Pastor Peter Nyambo from Malawi.
The three first set foot in Mombasa which they found already occupied by Muslims. Although transport was a big problem then, they moved to Nairobi by train. The missionaries did not settle in Nairobi but instead proceeded to Kisumu, a town by Lake Victoria which already had a rail connection by then.
Here, Pr Carscallen and Pr Peter met missionaries from other denominations who had already established bases. Pr Carscallen and his Adventist Team then decided to cross the Nyanza Gulf by motorboat belonging to a Mr. Spark who was a businessman in South Nyanza.
They started the Seventh-day Adventist Church as missionaries from the other denominations also moved around Nyanza establishing their churches too. Pr Carscallen and his team landed near the home of Osumba, the son of Simba, an elderly Luo man from Karachuonyo. Osumba was one of the Kakwajuok sub-location old men who gave a piece of land to Pr Carscallen for building.
The missionaries started by pitching two tents — one for himself and his wife, and the other for Pr Nyambo.In the afternoons, the two pastors would take a walk trying to identify a suitable place to build a mission station. One afternoon they came to a place called Ogango. Convinced that it was suitable, accepted by the Lord and that the community would give it to them for building a mission station, they talked to Osumba who consulted the clan elder, Mr. Ougo son of Onyango.
He was willing to give them the piece of land they had requested for but he sent them to Chief Orinda, son of Were. Chief Orinda granted their request. Pr Carscallen built the mission station at a place where they were could view Kisumu and other places on the far side of the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria.
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