In the house that is.

President Kibaki has declared Thursday as a national holiday in celebration of Obama’s election, meaning no one is going to work on Thursday.

We will not be entering Kibera on that day either, which works out quite nicely actually,

because we have a lot of preparation to do for the three week trip to Eburru that is just around the corner.

 

By 8am this morning I had missed 4 calls and by 9am I had received 3 more and 2 text messages, all of them regarding the election and all of them equally annoying.

I never knew I was patriotic till I lived with Americans in Kenya… turns out I am pretty protective of my nationality.. heh

 

Anyways, we are well…

We thank everyone for their prayers because we credit our safety to the Lord’s provision.

 

We will continue with our ministries on Friday and the team will be saying good-bye to Kibera on Monday.

 

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There is a LOT of change happening around here regarding ministry and housing etc.

and I mean a LOT...

I will let you know of what is happening after I talk to the AIM office in Georgia (hopefully tonight)

and actually get an idea of where this puts me amidst the plans.

 

We are about to take off to Eburru for 3 weeks and Naivasha for 1 week (all in the country side)

so I'm really hoping to be able to update you again before I leave but there is a whole house of furniture to be packed...

crunch time, big time

 

In the house that is.

President Kibaki has declared Thursday as a national holiday in celebration of Obama’s election, meaning no one is going to work on Thursday.

We will not be entering Kibera on that day either, which works out quite nicely actually,

because we have a lot of preparation to do for the three week trip to Eburru that is just around the corner.

 

By 8am this morning I had missed 4 calls and by 9am I had received 3 more and 2 text messages, all of them regarding the election and all of them equally annoying.

I never knew I was patriotic till I lived with Americans in Kenya… turns out I am pretty protective of my nationality.. heh

 

Anyways, we are well…

We thank everyone for their prayers because we credit our safety to the Lord’s provision.

 

We will continue with our ministries on Friday and the team will be saying good-bye to Kibera on Monday.

 

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There is a LOT of change happening around here regarding ministry and housing etc.

and I mean a LOT...

I will let you know of what is happening after I talk to the AIM office in Georgia (hopefully tonight)

and actually get an idea of where this puts me amidst the plans.

 

We are about to take off to Eburru for 3 weeks and Naivasha for 1 week (all in the country side)

so I'm really hoping to be able to update you again before I leave but there is a whole house of furniture to be packed...

crunch time, big time

 

so the US election has been bothersome

Collectively, the team and leaders have heard Obama muttered, spoken and even yelled as we walked through Kibera, over 200 times

 

My phrase for today is "Sio Mwamerika" which means "I'm not american"

and I've used it at least a dozen times.

 

 

It's ridiculous

It's on every tv, every front page, every one's lips

Obama, Obama, Obama

 

Why?

simply because Obama's father lived in Kenya

which has everything to do with the fact that many uneducated Kenyans think that if Obama wins... Kenya will prosper.

 

and if Obama loses?

let's just say that tomorrow we are not going into Kibera.

 

I don't want to scare anyone but we are taking precautions.

Kenya still has not fully healed from their own election and Kibera is where the wound is still at it's most painful.

We are on standby for this election.

If Obama wins, we stay in the house till celebrations are over.

If Obama loses we stay in the house and see what happens.

We have many friends in the slum who will keep us updated... we may end up going to the country for a few days if need be.

 

Again... don't worry... just pray.

It's not all of Kenya, I assure you that... In fact it's a very small percentage, they just happen to be concentrated in the area where we minister.

Please don't worry, the Lord is on our side.