Sometimes I get blind-sighted by a real world happening outside of my little bubble. It’s pitiful how often I get upset by the smallest of things. Especially when you juxtapose it against this email I just received from our friend and missionary in Kenya this afternoon…
Please, PRAY and please I will understand if you do not respond to this message, I would rather you spend your time in prayer just now. What you are reading or seeing on the news about ethnic cleansing in Eldoret, Kenya is true! The Kalenjin tribe is killing the Kikuyu tribe. For you who do not know, my wife is Kikuyu. We are reading from CNN webpage of about 300 dead!
When the election results were announced, instant rioting and killing took place. (The current president is a Kikuyu, while the main opposition party is represented by the Luo, Luhyia and Kalenjin). We have an area close to our house (about 1 a mile as the crow flies) that is mainly Kikuyu. They were attacked. A barn full of straw went up in flames, about ¼ mile from our house. The next day on the 31st we heard that 10,000 other Kalenjins were on the way to help defeat the Kikuyus. We decided to leave in the afternoon. We had to come with police escort and passed three road blocks of stones in the road.
We feel safer in this part of town, even though we can hear the gun shots. We did stand in line today and 4 ½ hours later came out with some food from the supermarket. The fighting is taking place on all sides of us and we hear the road to the airport is also blocked.
We are not in as bad condition as some of the brethren. They are sleeping in the forests at night. One brother provided a place for three Kikuyu families last night that were having their homes burned. They said that they would burn his house down tonight. Another family is also hosting a Kikuyu family at their home. Pray for these Kalenjin brethren.
The average Kenyan does not want what is going on, but there are gullible people willing to do wrong at the instigation of certain leaders.
As I said, please, what we need now is prayer.
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