an unexpected awakening

As I read what has been going in and around the city of Nairobi, I can't help but grieve for the family I have made. Places like Kibera where I once felt security are now filled with people who are frightened. It has become hard for me to sit and read the newspaper or to see pictures of Kibera slum where the millions of homes once stood are now reduced to a pile of rubble. People like Joseph and Teresa from KISCODEP are constantly on my mind. But, I have been finding comfort in their words and am beginning to see the confidence they have in God even through such a terrible time of political strife. Joseph wrote me saying:

I feel happy and released of stress from which I have suffered since this civil strife began for having heard your solidarity with us. May God Bless you. Imagine Rebecca I have not gone to bed since! Kibera is among the worst areas affected. People's houses and business premises have been looted reduced to ashes in a large scale. People and children are suffering and are hungry. No water food or shelter. The government is busy taking care of its own property excluding human lives. There are huge roadblocks and even Red Cross Society cannot penetrate to give any assistance.

Those who have money go to Supermarkets to buy large stocks of food to keep as we do not know when this turmoil will end.

Please continue praying for us.

Their words quiet me and humble my spirit to thank God for the wonderful blessings he has given to the United States of America. But, at the same time slowly rip my heart apart for a family of brothers and sisters that I long to be with.

One thing I am certain, the people of KISCODEP are continuously praising God for the things he has done, and that is something that everyone should learn how to do.