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Our Hero!

We managed to call the bank at 8.45 this morning and found out that they are open and that there are no queues.....so despite the news that a rally is taking place at 10 am and the fact that the running battle between the crowds and the police yesterday was about 10 minutes from where we live, Tony (aka Jack Bauer - yes, we are big fans of 24...we are watching season 3 right now), OUR HERO, braved the streets and ventured out!! Yey!!! He was suprised to find the streets calm and managed to get some cash, and bought groceries from a minimarket. Here is our man with the loot!!
This is why we love our daddy!!
And this is THE REASON, this man can do no wrong, in my eyes anyways.....(for a couple of days???)
While Tony risk "life and limb" (not really :-) to get us sustenance, the other man in our house, our very fierce and vicious guard dog, Max, was on duty keeping us girls safe and sound. Below is Max on duty...



I know, after my serious posts the previous days, I must seem flippant today - there is a good reason.... It's 3 pm right now and everything is peaceful and calm. The supposed rally today at 10 am did not take place. As far as Tony can tell when he was out, it was business as usual albeit lighter traffic. The 1 pm news reported that calm has seemingly returned to most parts of the country. We received news this morning, that the parents of one of our accounts clerks are getting evacuated from Kakamega and heading towards Nairobi, our Business Adminstrator's mom is stuck in Kisumu and did not have any food yesterday. I am sure there is still chaos outside Nairobi. Our situation here seems to have been eclisped by the news of the Iowa election. Even our local stations are broadcasting that instead of more information about our situation. We are aware that more dialogue is taking place between international parties with both parties here. Please do not let up your prayers for this nation....while we are grateful for this seemingly lull in the rioting and violence, the situation is far from resolved. We continue to have two prayer meetings on campus today..... please continue to pray for Kenya. Many has lost their lives and property. Pray against the spirit of strife and wickedness. Pray for peace, for justice and for righteousness..

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