News from a missionary friend now in the states.
We plan to travel to the areas in which he is speaking about.
Pray for peace to flood Kenya.
Jan 31, 2008
Greetings friends,I had planned to leave for Kenya tomorrow, but fresh violence has broken out and I have had to postpone my trip again. The situation is very grave and I wanted to bring you up to date with what is going on.We were advised by our missionary friends who live in Kitale, where the main campus and our house is located, to cancel my trip until there has been resolve brought in the presidential election and peace has been restored. They said that I could not get to Kitale from the airport in Eldoret, where I had planned to fly from Nairobi because the roads have been blocked by gangs looking for people of different tribes, pulling them out of vehicles, robbing and killing them, and burning their vehicles.All this began when the sitting president was accused of rigging the election and would not step down. The opposition tribe started killing and burning the houses of the Kikuyus (the president's tribe) in protest, and now the Kikuyus are killing the members of the opposition's tribe in revenge. Some of the violence seems to be arising from long simmering resentment of unjust land settlements many years ago.The American Embassy is advising people not to travel to Kenya unless it is essential. One of my close Asian friends, who has imigrated to Atlanta, is back in Eldoret (an hour from Kitale) now, and he asked his wife to call and tell me not to come....it is too dangerous.Please pray for the Kenyan people. The only thing most of the 37 million Kenyans want at this point, is simply to have their peaceful country back again. The crisis in this Kenya is similar to the civil war that caused us to leave Haiti in 1986, only there the people were exacting revenge on anyone connected with the dictator, John Claude Devalier.We have received $4,500.00 in donations to help as many of the displaced people as we possibly can with blankets, food, and warm clothing. In Our March newsletter I will send photos of some of the KMTI staff buying and dispersing some of the provisions at the showgrounds in Kitale. They are so grateful for the help you have given to their people. If you wish to help, please designate your offering to the Kenya relief effort.KMTI classes are being delayed until calm has been restored so the students can attempt to keep their families safe.Thank you again for everything you are doing to help us continue the work of training pastors and church leaders in Kenya.Peace and blessings,Larryclick this link to hear a word today from Larry
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