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We had a humbling experience today....when Lucy, the director of the orpahange came in the afternoon to get the money to buy food for the kids, she brought with her two tray of eggs!! She wanted to share with us what she has.....can you imagine the orphanage feeding us?????? Most of you reading know that we have lived and serve in this beautiful nation for 16 years. If you had ever wondered why, you now know....! As we give ourselves to the people of Kenya, our lives and hearts are knitted to the people here. They have loved us in return and are taking care of us as their very own...I know that if we ever needed help of any kind, many homes will be open to us. We were so touched, humbled and grateful by this tremendous act of generosity and sacrifice, in the midst of trials and scarcity....we are bless.

Kathryn was a little concern that we did not have enough fresh vegetable - not that she is a big vegetarian, but I think like most of us, we tend to want to hoard when there is scarcity....anyways, she went round campus and collected some avocados...


So for now, we have plenty of eggs and unripe avocados:-)

By the way, last night I worked over an hour on this blog, which I lost, and had to redo today because we have been having problems with the router. If you don't hear from us for a few days, don't panic...its probably internet problems...

On the more serious note, both the goverment and the opposition remained deadlocked in their positions. There is a lot of international pressures on both parties. Most of all, we must pray. We hear on the news, like you do possibly, that over 70,000 people are displaced.

Yesterday, my househelp came and worked half day. I gave her some money to stock up on food for her and her three children. She is being harassed as she is renting a small room in a Kikuyu area. She is Luo. Several of our grounds staff has also been given eviction notice by their kikuyu landlords. This is unbelieveable to me. It reminds me of the genocide of Rwanda - how peaceful countries can changed seemingly overnight. We must pray against this in Jesus' name.

We are still good although running low in cash, we didn't get any money from the machines yesterday and I think today everyone is staying close to home...

My eyes are constantly breaming with tears for this nation....pray with us!

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