Tribal Tension

Our missionaries are in Tanzania now and I for one am relieved that they are out of Kenya. That is all but Steve Warn are out, he is wanting to stay and help out once Kisumu is more stable. It didn't surprise me at all that Steve wanted to stay, he is one of the most self-sacrificing people I have ever met. It has been a long week of trying to coordinate the evacuation of the missionaries at the farm. Tom was up most nights on the phone contacting embassies, the State Department, mission organizations with planes and so forth. My phone was ringing at all hours of the night with people calling from Kenya; needless to say I am tired ( but not as tired as the missionaries in Kenya).

Tonight we had a prayer meeting for Kenya; it was a sweet time of lifting up all our boys, national staff, and missionaries. I have loved hearing all the stories of how God has protected them from harm, we truly serve an amazing God. With all the unrest Tom and I have made the decision to stay here in California for awhile longer. We were suppose to go back to Kenya at the end of this month, but now we are thinking that we need to wait until things are A LOT more stable in order to go back. Both of us agree that we don't want to take our kids back when the situation is so volatile. So, with us staying for awhile I am going to have to hunker down and start home schooling again. Which means tomorrow is the first day back to school; my kids are not excited, they keep asking me if they can go back to Big Valley. Apparently they aren't impressed with my teaching ability; nothing like kids to keep you humble!

Continue to pray for Kenya as the political unrest is calming down, but the racial tension is rising. The people are hungry as the food supply is running low and the supply lines are cut off. Hunger coupled with hatred is creating a dangerous environment. Pray for the tribal tensions and the road blocks to be cleared so food can be brought in.