..light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. John 3:19-20
These past couple of days, since Easter, have been very difficult. Just like any city around the world, there are people, who are in darkness; men who refuse to come to the light. On Sunday, during Easter Service, in a village next door to Kijabe, a 5 year old girl wandered out of church, was abducted, raped and killed. Then Wednesday morning, about 3:00am, men with guns burst into the casualty clinic (emergency clinic), clubbed a guard and a patient then proceeded to take phones and money from staff and patients in that clinic and rob the pharmacy. Thankfully, no one was killed in this attack. However, this goes to show that even a hospital treating sick and injured people is not immune to bad thing happening.
We held a chapel service on Wednesday morning and prayed for these things. We also ask that you pray with us. That the families of the girl, and those who were brutalized during the attack are given the peace of GOD which passes all understanding. Even though we don’t know why these things happened, we can trust that GOD knows. And we can also trust that GOD knows who did these things and that the men involved would not only be found and that their deeds exposed, but that they would come to the light of Jesus through this.
We, as the rest of the community, are trusting GOD for safety and security. The hospital is taking steps to beef up the security around here but as the events of 9-11 and other attacks have shown, it is very difficult to plan for the unknown.
Ps 46:1-3
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
Also, there was a small boy, 1 1/2 years old who came into surgery for a circumcision yesterday. Unfortunately, there was an anesthetic complication and the boy died on the table. How do you tell parents who brought their child in for a minor surgery, that they won't be taking their son home? Another boy, 3 years old, just about bled to death on the surgery table due to complications. Thankfully, GOD, through the surgeons' hands, was able to get the bleeding under control and he is now in critical condition but expected to live. Please keep these people in your prayers as well.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
Jim
These past couple of days, since Easter, have been very difficult. Just like any city around the world, there are people, who are in darkness; men who refuse to come to the light. On Sunday, during Easter Service, in a village next door to Kijabe, a 5 year old girl wandered out of church, was abducted, raped and killed. Then Wednesday morning, about 3:00am, men with guns burst into the casualty clinic (emergency clinic), clubbed a guard and a patient then proceeded to take phones and money from staff and patients in that clinic and rob the pharmacy. Thankfully, no one was killed in this attack. However, this goes to show that even a hospital treating sick and injured people is not immune to bad thing happening.
We held a chapel service on Wednesday morning and prayed for these things. We also ask that you pray with us. That the families of the girl, and those who were brutalized during the attack are given the peace of GOD which passes all understanding. Even though we don’t know why these things happened, we can trust that GOD knows. And we can also trust that GOD knows who did these things and that the men involved would not only be found and that their deeds exposed, but that they would come to the light of Jesus through this.
We, as the rest of the community, are trusting GOD for safety and security. The hospital is taking steps to beef up the security around here but as the events of 9-11 and other attacks have shown, it is very difficult to plan for the unknown.
Ps 46:1-3
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
Also, there was a small boy, 1 1/2 years old who came into surgery for a circumcision yesterday. Unfortunately, there was an anesthetic complication and the boy died on the table. How do you tell parents who brought their child in for a minor surgery, that they won't be taking their son home? Another boy, 3 years old, just about bled to death on the surgery table due to complications. Thankfully, GOD, through the surgeons' hands, was able to get the bleeding under control and he is now in critical condition but expected to live. Please keep these people in your prayers as well.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
Jim
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