Dear All,

Do you ever stop to think about world affairs or even your personal life and wonder how God is in control! A couple of instances had happened in own my life and had wondered why God allowed things to happen and though I don’t have answers to why? […]

I’d like to share an excerpt from a veteran missionary friend of ours still in Kenya,
“Kenya is still a mess. We are off of the front page of some newspapers, and CNN probably no longer considers the situation as grave, or newsworthy. But, honestly, there are many children in Kenya […]

Thank you so much for your prayers and support to us. It is now over a month when turmoil and violence struck our country and lots of destruction and loss of lives including 2 Members of parliament. Life is changing very fast in this country. This due to disputed flawed election of 2007.
Myself, Justine my […]

This from surgeon Peter Byrd who helped with the escort.

Hi all,

Just back from our little trip. We’ve heard from David and he’s passed Narok now (1030am), so well on the way to safety.

We left at 0530, went down the Kijabe airstrip road, passed Maai Mahiu and out into the Valley. At Suswa, there was no signage, so we went the wrong way for 20min, then turned back to Suswa. At the same time, David and his group had left their safe compound and gone to the Hell’s Gate National Park entrance Naivasha end, close to where they were staying. That’s where we were to meet, but as we were delayed, they paid the entrance fee and started driving through the park, north to south. We found a Maasai “guide” who wanted a lift(!) but knew the way to the south gate of the park. It was a meandering track across the Valley so good (thanks pray-ers!) that we had the guide. We met David before the gate and they were very relieved! The drive back to Suswa was fine. We topped up their fuel and gave them 10,000/=.($150)

So thankyou all for your prayers. No doubt a relatively easy “rescue” because we were covered by the multitude.

Blessings

Peter

I received this from my friend Millie Bransford this morning.

David with 8 in his car has been escorted out of Naivasha by Peter Bird and Steve McMillan this morning at 5AM. They are as far as Suswa now and he will then head out by Narok driving his own vehicle. All are well and I will write again when I hear that Peter is back.

Dick also escorted a group this morning and carried out two mamas and their babies from the hospital so that they could get home. He has been out at 5AM for two mornings in a row and at 6 the morning before that. We also twice had Luos sleep at our house, for there is so much fear. We got a carload to Nairobi two days ago. I do not know how many will ever come back, but I think most do not want their children ever to experience that kind of trauma again. Jobs? However the parents do need their jobs, don’t they? What to do? Keep praying and pleading diligently for this land! Love, Millie

Jan 30th

I talked with David about an hour ago (around 3:00 PM in Kenya).

He was about 10 miles from home in the near by town of Sondu - they stopped to get a coke. How close to normal is that!? Their drive home was relatively uneventful after the got out of Naivasha through a national park.

He sounded giddy.

We plan to wire some money today - David is out of a job, so I guess he will be working full time for Project AIDS Orphan now.

Thank you for all your prayers, positive thoughts, and concerns.

Please continue your prayers, thoughts, activism for what is now being called “ethnic cleansing” in Kenya.

Paul

Hi Ndugu (Brother),
Thank you for your prayers. Actually i did not sleep. I was awake and hoping to die because there is no where to go. Justine was trembling, we could not eat,the power went off. Martin was affected, Billy was there. Susan and Joshua are in Nakuru. We cannot reach them. A friend Kikuyu […]

January 29th 2007
Its 6:00 AM in Paducah, 3:00 PM in Kenya, I have been instant messaging with David OKong’o (my dear friend in Kenya) for the past hour.
Life is untenable in Naivasha, David and his family have been under siege in the home for the past three days, They worry that angry […]

For those of you who have been praying, making calls to embassies and the state department- THANK YOU! Last night (morning in Kenya) we got a call from David. They made it through the night. Sometime in the middle of the night, guards came to his door to see if he could help care for […]

I cannot begin to describe the helplessness I feel right now as our friend and advocate, caregiver and rescuer of orphans, David Okongo, text messaged my husband Paul in the early hours of this morning with this message, “Pray for us, we are under siege here in Naivasha.” David works for a horticulture corporation in […]

Editors Note: Today I post this on the 21st of January. Please pray for David and his wife and three kids as they may be forced to flee their home and their safety is uncertain.
My husband and three kids just returned last night from visiting our family: grandparents, aunts, uncles and great grandparents in Texas. […]

Dear all,
Thank you for your continued prayers and support. The past few weeks has been a shock and uncertainty in Kenya. Some pats were more affected than others and Kenya generally became so small. Thank you so much for your initiative to help on humanitarian crisis due to displaced person in Kenya and Kandaria. We […]