Prayers for Kenya...

I received an email Sunday from our medical missionary friends in Kenya. They wrote asking for friends to pray for the people of Kenya in the violent aftermath of their recent election. I am including an excerpt from their email, but removing personal details (names and such) because if found by the wrong people, their lives could be made more difficult.

They write:

Please pray for the safety of the people here in Kenya this week. The presidential elections have not gone well, with polls ending three days ago. The race was close and the old president has declared himself the victor. Things are not at all clear here except that both sides are unhappy. Violence is erupting.

A Kenyan friend [...] called tonight asking for prayer for safety for his family in the slums. They called him to come rescue them as shanties in their neighborhood are torched. There is realistically nothing he can do tonight physically. He has no vehicle Attempting to go get them could very well be suicide. If you run into a mob and you are in a vehicle it is likely to be overturned and torched. A number of Kenyans have died. [Their friend] will try to go and rescue them tomorrow, God willing.

All of us here need prayers for cool heads and safety and peace. Please join us in these prayers, for the people of Kenya and for us.

In this season of Christmas, when the angels proclaim "Peace on earth," let us continue to pray that it may certainly be so.

Grace and Peace.
Pr. Brian