'The Political mood in Kenya is tense as the coalition for Reforms & Democracy (CORD) opposition party marches forward with plans for a massive political rally on Monday 7th July.'
MR. RAILA ODINGA is the Leader of CORD, and he has been playing a low key game of Cat and Mouse for some time now, since the last Election. He is intent on making a come back in the political rat race, and some of his speeches had indeed been viewed as 'inflammatory and aimed at inciting his followers.. Recently on June 5th he said ' a Wind that will sweep all bad things into the ocean has started and will gain momentum if national dialogue is not held before July 7th.' This might be taken as threatening - especially since the Government is tending to ignore him altogether. This kind of thing threatens national stability - it threatens the peace and safety of the ordinary man WHO is not wanting to play any games, but to just get on with life whilst making ends meet.
TODAY, the papers say that more then 15000 police will be guarding events at the expected Monday Rallies!
Does the Government expect trouble? It seems so. Certainly many ordinary citizens feel the same, and many are running away from what they consider may be 'hot spots'. ELDORET is not on the 'hot spot' list, and yet many are leaving the town in case of disturbances on Monday. Certainly there IS tension in the air. Yesterday we found supermarkets jammed packed with shoppers stocking up in case shops close on Monday!! BUT I did find one missionary also doing his own ordinary week-end shopping who was quite calm and laid back about it all. 'JESUS is with US', he said, 'I will never leave - so why should I worry?' I happily and sincerely agreed with him. Too many people are too ready to become destabilised by hyper gossip and stories about what might happen to morrow. Better trust in God and get on with LIFE. We in Testimony have not and, will not be stocking up on food, or having sleepless nights. Esther and I have lived in this town for 42 years and generally it has been a peaceful town, though this is not to say we have had no gunfire and minor disturbances from time to time, and of course the 2007 trouble - that DID seriously upset our lives.
I do not feel any sense of real fear in our area. We had a Rally here just a week again, and there was no uproar, or other excitement. All was quiet and peaceful. Tomorrow, is the LORDS day, and our Australian friends from Adelaide will be taking the ministry. We look forward to a Wonderful Day, full of encouragement and faith building testimony. In the Name of Jesus we are all going FORWARD.
TO DAY we welcomed the 12th Team of Tyndale Christian School come to work and play with our children. There are 39 participants this year, and they had just arrived from a visit to the Masai Mara Game Park. The above photo was taken this morning outside the Director's Office, and after an Introductory Talk on how TFH began and what it is all about. I was the main contributor, but also Daryl contributed as well. We always start these Visits with such a time together - to set the scene so to speak. Great excitement amongst all the children, and we expect, as always, that God will use this time all together for multiple blessings. The SUN is shining, but there are clouds around - and we ARE hoping for at least SOME rain soon.
This second photo is of us all squeezed into the Director's Office for our chat this morning. It is quite a big room, but also acts as as Board Room and is used for inter-departmental briefs, prayer meetings and seminars. It is Daryl's office of course now - we just borrowed it!
THIS AFTERNOON they have all gone to Neema Children's Home to visit with Joshua and Miriam Mbithi. They are just about three kilometres away from us. Tomorrow - Church and play and sharing, and on Monday they will begin to labour - mainly in redecorating initially at least!
BABY ABYGAIL is in full VOICE once more as I write! Nights are good - she is sleeping well, but she is, as I previously shared, 'TEETHING' and not enjoying it too much. We also note she is developing a strong will of her own, and with it a rather ferocious temper. She is 16 week old on Monday. We hope to find ways to calm her temper as days go by - not an easy task. Ah me! At times our house is rather difficult to be at peace in.
Nevertheless we see great sweetness in this baby, and as we pray day by day we know the Lord is going to let her blossom into the beauty he has planned for her. No more pictures this time. I will let her grow a little more.
Dear friends my computer was hacked into this last week, and my whole address list has been penetrated and used against me, and even, I fear, against many of your own interests. We have now hopefully blocked the hacker by putting new passwords and so on. I do apologise for the many who may have been disturbed by this matter.
God Bless and Protect you all through this coming week.
John and Esther & Daryl and Carol.
I do not feel any sense of real fear in our area. We had a Rally here just a week again, and there was no uproar, or other excitement. All was quiet and peaceful. Tomorrow, is the LORDS day, and our Australian friends from Adelaide will be taking the ministry. We look forward to a Wonderful Day, full of encouragement and faith building testimony. In the Name of Jesus we are all going FORWARD.
TO DAY we welcomed the 12th Team of Tyndale Christian School come to work and play with our children. There are 39 participants this year, and they had just arrived from a visit to the Masai Mara Game Park. The above photo was taken this morning outside the Director's Office, and after an Introductory Talk on how TFH began and what it is all about. I was the main contributor, but also Daryl contributed as well. We always start these Visits with such a time together - to set the scene so to speak. Great excitement amongst all the children, and we expect, as always, that God will use this time all together for multiple blessings. The SUN is shining, but there are clouds around - and we ARE hoping for at least SOME rain soon.
This second photo is of us all squeezed into the Director's Office for our chat this morning. It is quite a big room, but also acts as as Board Room and is used for inter-departmental briefs, prayer meetings and seminars. It is Daryl's office of course now - we just borrowed it!
THIS AFTERNOON they have all gone to Neema Children's Home to visit with Joshua and Miriam Mbithi. They are just about three kilometres away from us. Tomorrow - Church and play and sharing, and on Monday they will begin to labour - mainly in redecorating initially at least!
BABY ABYGAIL is in full VOICE once more as I write! Nights are good - she is sleeping well, but she is, as I previously shared, 'TEETHING' and not enjoying it too much. We also note she is developing a strong will of her own, and with it a rather ferocious temper. She is 16 week old on Monday. We hope to find ways to calm her temper as days go by - not an easy task. Ah me! At times our house is rather difficult to be at peace in.
Nevertheless we see great sweetness in this baby, and as we pray day by day we know the Lord is going to let her blossom into the beauty he has planned for her. No more pictures this time. I will let her grow a little more.
Dear friends my computer was hacked into this last week, and my whole address list has been penetrated and used against me, and even, I fear, against many of your own interests. We have now hopefully blocked the hacker by putting new passwords and so on. I do apologise for the many who may have been disturbed by this matter.
God Bless and Protect you all through this coming week.
John and Esther & Daryl and Carol.
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