LET'S BEGIN WITH AN UPDATE all about Esther.    You will remember she went in to Mediheal Hospital here in Eldoret, for an operation to remove a small lump in her left breast on 22nd March.    It proved to be a 'small' round, unattached, cancerous tumor.   It determined, on further investigation, of the tumor after it was removed, that Esther had Triple Negative Breast Cancer.

HOWEVER,  her Surgeon, Dr. Seno Saruni  said the op went well, and that the tumor was taken out cleanly with no sign of any residual Cancer evident ANYWHERE.     BUT, he also told us that the particular type of cancer was vigorous and might seek to resurface without Chemotherapy.

Esther was not initially keen to consider this, but after seeking the Lord, and listening to much advice, she has finally decided to go ahead with Chemo, probably commencing in two  weeks time.      She is fine in herself, and very much  'out and about'  in the Homes and feeling 100%.      Our sons Steven and Michael both living in the U.K. have been able to visit, and be with us both, (Steve during the time of the operation, and Mike just this past week.)     So many dear friends have also been visiting and keeping an eye on us, bringing great encouragement and comfort.   Our love and Thanks to each and every one, including those writing and phoning in with greetings and good wishes.

Yesterday, 20th May, we said farewell to our son Michael and his son, our 9 year old grandson, LIAM., after a two week visit.   They were going down to Nairobi for a few days to be with Mike's Mother in law and family, before flying back to England.   Mike's wife Janet had had to remain at home in U.K. currently bedridden.      In this photo - left to right - can be seen our daughter Helen, our son Michael,  with our son James (Manu) looking in from behind my wife Esther with her hand on Liam's shoulder.  Then me, John Green and finally our son Daryl.   AND life goes on for all of us, by the Grace and Mercy of God.

EARLIER in the month, on the 11th May we celebrated my 82nd Birthday, and it was a joy to have our 'daughter' Hendricka Natal Moors with us from the USA where she lives.   The had come over shortly just to be with Esther and me by way of encouragement.  Our son Steve was also with us at that time.

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COVID continues to recede from the social consciousness, as almost all restrictions have now been lifted, and what a BIG cloud has been lifted from all our lives, although in truth Kenya seems to have got of lightly compared to other places on the Continent.      Yet as THIS cloud recedes, others loom around us that already bring even greater fears and restraints.   

RECENTLY, as the price of Petrol and basic Commodities explode, the President warned the Nation that HARD TIMES were coming - virtually an understatement since they are already with us, and being FELT by the majority,        This economic dive is, as usual, part of the scene here, at the run up to National Elections.    They are scheduled to take place in Kenya in August this year, and the Press is full, every day, of the political ebb and flow of parliamentary 'hopefulls' as they rush around the Country seeking Votes and Support.      Virtually NOTHING is to be read concerning the lack of daily bread for the majority who are being squeezed to support the so often empty promises of the potential leaders.    But some comments leak through from time to time such as - 'This war in UKRAINE is the reason OIL prices are SO high', and more recently still ' There will be a REAL shortage of WHEAT because of the War in Ukraine, and because of the Heatwave in India'.      'Smokescreens' put up to obscure the reality that the TRUTH would topple any Government.       OF COURSE, we might understand that EUROPE and AMERICA might legitimately blame their expenditures on the War in Ukraine  as a reason for their own current problems at home, economically.    AND no doubt the Third World will suffer a handing on of their problem by going without what they usually feel free to hand out to us.                                        ALL around we are ALL more and more entering into an ERA where we can EXPECT worse and worse.    AND now MONKEYPOX !!    Surely all this is quickly demonstrating a World in trouble  -  Wars, and rumours of war... nation shall rise up against nation, kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and pestilences, and earthquakes in different places.  And this is just the Beginning - Matthew 24v6-8.     '...mens hearts failing them for fear, and for looking at what is coming on the earth......   THEN they (the inhabitants of the Earth) will see the Son of Man (JESUS) coming in a cloud with power and great glory!      When you see this things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads for your Redemption (rescue) is at hand.'   |Luke 21v25-36    

GREAT THINGS are moving in the universe, and we are caught up in them.      LET US not give in to despair and defeat - but LOOK up expectantly, for our deliverance, and for a NEW EARTH.

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WE HAVE HEARD today that Funds are on the way to us from AENON ( from our friends)   We Thank you again, with all our hearts, for we know it is God's Love to and for us, that has moved the heart of so many to be His Channel of Blessing.      We have been much in prayer.     We have watched what has been at hand progressively dwindle, as Elijah did by the little stream he lived near.     We have not gone hungry yet, and we have not been weakened in our health or our Faith.    HE has brought us through, sharing our estate, and expanding our experience and knowledge of His Love.      Continue, even so, to pray for us, as we do for you,     This is a time when we need to hold each others hands, and we also all together hold on to His.    God Bless you all so much.

Michael, John, and James (Manu) Green

Only a shorty this time, but it comes with our love as we hold out here with our 23 brothers and sisters who labour on with us, and the 130 children abiding in our four Homes;   we are under siege right now, together with many other brethren -  all of us put the the test, but all our lives SAFE in the Hand of our Father in Heaven.     God be with you all

John, Esther, and Daryl Green