Traveling to Kenya

January 22, 2008

I'm at the internet cafe at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, mentally scrolling through the faces and memories of folks that I hope to see in the next few days in Kenya.

Stonic Koipah...my trusted friend and travel companion for 10 years...Stonic assures me he has a way to get us to Kitale while avoiding the troubles on the El Doret Highway.
Sister Freda Robinson (pictured)...and her Cottage Hospital...after a 3 week communication'blackout' I was finally able to hear Freda's sweet voice a few days ago...She and Richard are safe, but supplies and food are in short supply.
The inmates and staff at Kitale Prison, where a clean water project is close to completion...I'll be interested to see how Celebrate Recovery in coming along on the 'Yard'. Jana O'Guin's efforts have been tireless.
Stephen and Roselyn Mairori, and all the ICM family...the seminary in Mt. Elgon may be able to reopen in the next month...God has miraculously spared the campus, even though homes and churches just yards away were burned to the ground.
Patricia Sawa and her HIV/AIDS center 'Discover to Recover' Patricia was trapped in Kisumu for a week or so while she was speaking at an AIDS conference and clashes broke out that shut down all travel...two of the children from her Kitale center have gone missing in the Nakuru area...they were travelling with only a weeks supply of anti-retrovirals and it has now been a month since they were swept up in the chaos in Nakuru.

The entire church family of Deliverance Church, Kitale...Moses, Margaret and family and the 450 children of Purpose Driven Academy...
Geoffrey (pictured below) and the street kids at Oasis of Hope...the latest report from Lydia Monroe is that all the kids are safe and accounted for...even the ones who were stuck up in Lodwar, by the Sudan border.
Jacenta and the Mercy Home kids who rode out the recent storm of chaos and insecurity on our compound...

and so many others...James, Sammy, Juma, Jason, Peter, Ayub, Mary, Andrew...and Jambi.


Psalm 133:1
"How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together unity !"

How good , indeed...please Lord, bring peace and reconciliation to your children in Kenya. May a leader emerge in the next days, who is willing to set aside self-interest and set Kenya back on the road to safety and prosperity. Show us, Lord, how we can follow your will and way and be an encouraging presence in the lives of our Kenyan friends.

Lord, please bless and keep these friends safe and secure.