Sunday 27 January 2008

Ready to go - but to what?

Well, after several sessions of packing, unpacking, repacking, sorting, storing and ditching, I'm pretty much ready to go. This time tomorrow, I'll be on board a plane on my way back to Kenya. With reports over the weekend of fighting in Nakuru, resulting in over 30 deaths, and then today of at least 10 deaths in Naivasha, I'm rather wondering what awaits me when I get back. Travel around that beautiful country will certainly be curtailed, and life in Nairobi will probably be rather different to what I knew before until things start to settle. And what will it take for them to settle? No change has thus far taken place politically, and whatever tribal rifts there were before must surely be deeper now with 300,000 displaced people and at least 750 dead. A criminal element has come to the fore on the back of the allegations of vote rigging, and is continuing to wreak havoc and destruction.

Please pray for the nation and people of Kenya.
"If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and turn away from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven. I will forgive them and will HEAL THEIR LAND." ( 2 Chronicles 7:14 ).

3 comments:

Jane said...

Hi Claire
It's Jane! You are going back at an interesting time! I look forward to hearing how you find things. I pray that things will settle down and that you will be able to enjoy carrying on what God has called you to do.

MG said...

Hey Clare, great to see you've started the blog! Keep us posted on all your trials and tribulations and triumphs!

Anonymous said...

HELLO CLAIRE
LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR WEEKLY BLOGS. TRUST ALL IS WELL WITH YOU & TEAM. THE DAILY NEWS IS ENCOURAGING ,SOUNDING MORE PEACEFUL.
MARY R 10.02.08