THE UNREALISM of this picture seems to scream out with intensive REALITY!     More and more people in our world view each day with apprehension, wondering how much worse things can get; how increasingly less SAFE, more dangerous.
Paedophiles waiting to pounce upon our children in every school, entertainment centre, park, and even from within our families;  sadists armed to the teeth appearing in supermarkets, schools and other public places suddenly open fire and kill dozens of innocent lives;  terrorists with bombs and fanatical ideas blow themselves - and countless others -  into infinity whilst others just plant the bomb and run away;  Men and women suddenly decide en mass that they do not know whether they are male or female, and cannot abide to BE one or the long ther enough to remain the gender they were created to be.      Marriage is in question, Right and Wrong are in question. Truly this World is quickly changing and descending into chaos. We may refuse to believe it, and even turn our ears and eyes away from accepting it, but slowly we will be overwhelmed.     JESUS SAID that in the closing days of world civilisation there would be Wars, and rumours of wars - and we know this to be increasingly true right up to date.    He said there would be famines, disease, earthquakes and civil disturbance everywhere, and even so, increasingly, it is today, even in our little nation of Kenya.    He said that those who followed Him, taking up their cross, would also be hated and hunted down - (He was speaking to JEWS, of course, but the prediction will come to include the Christian also in the end, for the Christian has been 'grafted in' to Israel.    Anti-Semitism is on the increase NOW in America and Europe, and in some places the Christian is NOW also being persecuted.
He predicted a world without love for Him, and thus a world without real love for its humanity, inhuman, gripped by the love of wealth, pleasure and POWER.       I myself did not grow up in THIS world as a child, and I would not - knowing what I know now - be at peace growing up in the world I now live in.
Luke 21 verses 25 & 34-36 in the Amplified Bible find JESUS emphasising all that I have so far said.
He says -

".....upon the earth there will be distress, trouble and anguish of nations, 

in bewilderment and perplexity, without resources, left wanting, in doubt,

not knowing which way to turn........

V.34 - But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard

lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed and weighed down with the giddiness

and heartache and nausea of self indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries,and cares

pertaining to the business of this life, and lest that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose.

FOR IT WILL COME upon all who live upon the face of the entire earth!

KEEP AWAKE then and watch at all times; be discreet. attentive. and ready, praying

that you may have the full strength and ability and be accounted worthy to escape all 

these things, taken together, that will take place,

and to be able to stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

I am fully persuaded, as I look back on seventy years of living , that these Times, these Days, are now with us.     We should be foolish to close our eyes to it.    BUT, when all is said and done, for the True Child of God alive today, there is no cause for us to FEAR or DREAD.   We ,of all people, should be confident of our salvation and rescue from all that may come upon the Earth.     And I also believe this confidence can be toward the security of all our family members who are set apart by those of their relatives who KNOW the LORD as their King and Saviour (Acts 16v31)
TODAY, in our world, one is not safe at home.    Travel has become fraught with uncertainty from terror attacks on the ground - in the street, on a bus, train, or tube - and more recently when we are in the air - consider carefully those TWO Malaysian Airliners.    The one vanished without trace, and the other blown out of the sky without warning,    Both filled to capacity with unsuspecting passengers. Strange that both were of the same Airline!?  THIS is our world.    And YES, it IS getting worse, more frightening, more uncertain.      In West Africa we now have the EBOLA Virus killing thousands - UNCONTAINABLE we are told, and those who become affected with this virus are dead in three days with no hope of cure.   Why even the Commonwealth Games in Scotland are in some anxiety in case that virus might in some way be transported into its midst!!!        At every hand a challenge to our peace of mind and life.   No wonder so many turn to DRUGS, and Alcohol and fantasy to get them through the week.     Can we trust our LEADERS?    Can we trust our PRIESTS?   Can we trust our TEACHERS, or even ourselves?    Can we rely upon them to have the directions to lead us by?

JESUS SAID - "I am the WAY!    I am the TRUTH!   I am the LIFE.      If a man / woman believe in Me, even though he die, yet shall he LIVE.      Have Jesus with you,  "GIVE yourselves to HIM.  Take yourselves out of your own keeping, and entrust yourselves into HIS keeping, and you WILL be SAVED."   Yes saved out of, and from the evils of this world.      Think about it.    

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OUR FRIENDS FROM AUSTRALIA left us this morning, and are now on their way home.  They also came with some trepidation because of the various areas within Kenya that have been suffering from terrorist attacks on our society.      The Mombasa Region has been disturbed and also parts of Nairobi.      This caused them to avoid certain areas totally, whereas on previous visits they have been able to travel freely.    Even today further violence in the coastal region of Lamu, near Mombasa, has been seen, and five more policemen have been murdered.....and so it goes on.

BUT TESTIMONY remained undisturbed enjoying the sun, the rain AND the warmth of happy days of work and play.    Their 14 day stay, as always, endeared every member of the Team to us all, and we are more than grateful to see much accomplished by their labour of love.   We wish them a good journey of some 17 hours as they travel by air from here to Nairobi, then on to Mauritius, then to Perth, and finally to Adelaide.    

One of the tasks Tyndale undertook for us was to built a rack of seating for the Pool area.

A very simple structure but well done. and now have a Stand for spectators for the Homes an School Swimming Events as they occur.

Also the Team tackled a little paint

work on he front of Testimony

House just before finishing up on 

Thursday this week.   

Friday they packed and spent 

time with the children, and then,

in the evening they threw a party

for our houseparents,  Daryl and Carol were also present with Esther and myself.    We also had Joshua and Miriam Mbithi from Neema Children's Home with us all together with the entire Team from Australia.    Had a great time of appreciation and Farewell

We are all well, very glad and happy to be alive.     The RAIN did not last, by the way - just a heavy shower and it was gone, giving way to sunny days, and 73f. temperatures.   Nice in the day but a little too warm for me at night.     Three more weeks and we hope to see Steven and Elisabeth arrive to stay a few weeks with us together with their families.    Looking forward very much.    Next Saturday it will be School's 33rd Anniversary since it began in 1981, and also the Homes 45th Anniversary since IT began in 1969.    We have an old friend and retired High Court Judge to be with us on that occasion.
This is an Annual Event shared by us and the School, but basically for the benefit of School external parents with a change to tour the School and later share the Annual Prize Giving, and a short Entertainment or Concert performed by the students themselves.   Then School will close for the August Holiday - about three weeks.
Much Love in Jesus to you all, and be sure our prayers are always having you in mind with a grateful heart, for all the encouragement and strength you yourselves give to us all here.

John and Esther & Daryl and Carol.