During severe tribal violence in March and April of this year, thousands of innocent Kenyans were killed. The pastors here say the blood is crying out from the land and has brought even more darkness to the country. So Thursday, the Kenyan church leaders led a time of repentance for the violence their country had nurtured. The people here are so aware of themselves as Kenyans, not just as individuals. Church leaders who took no part in the violence were weeping, crying out, falling on their knees, begging God to have mercy on their country for the evil they had all allowed.
This lead to a time of fathers and mothers repenting for inciting the youth to violence.... the major source of it.... particularly for the group that slaughtered so many in Muranga, the very place Larry, Mike and Jeff plan to visit Saturday for an evangelistic crusade.Keep them in your prayers. One of our new Kenyan friends, Samuel, said it is very dangerous and the group perpetuating the violence is like the Nazis and they have been kidnapping, torturing and killing anyone who looks like they could be British in a strange kind of historic ethnic cleansing. One of our hosts, Peter, seems to think it will be fine as the boys are joining an existing crusade that has its own security. But we can use all the prayers we can get.
As part of the repentance process, some of the Kenyan young people repented too and then they did a ceremonial time of healing by having fathers and mothers of the faith embracing spiritual sons and daughters. There were so many tears.
Their prayers are so sincere. I am moved to tears myself though this is neither my land, nor my people. I have never met these people before, yet feel like I have known them forever. I don't know how we will ever leave. It will be like cutting off an apendage. We feel that close now.
It's this spirit of fatherhood that is being imparted during our visit that is perhaps the most powerful, according to the Kenyans. It was missing for so long in the church there, but for the last 20 years God has sovereignly been preparing their hearts for the message so they are now like ripe fruit easily being plucked from a tree.
Missy
This lead to a time of fathers and mothers repenting for inciting the youth to violence.... the major source of it.... particularly for the group that slaughtered so many in Muranga, the very place Larry, Mike and Jeff plan to visit Saturday for an evangelistic crusade.Keep them in your prayers. One of our new Kenyan friends, Samuel, said it is very dangerous and the group perpetuating the violence is like the Nazis and they have been kidnapping, torturing and killing anyone who looks like they could be British in a strange kind of historic ethnic cleansing. One of our hosts, Peter, seems to think it will be fine as the boys are joining an existing crusade that has its own security. But we can use all the prayers we can get.
As part of the repentance process, some of the Kenyan young people repented too and then they did a ceremonial time of healing by having fathers and mothers of the faith embracing spiritual sons and daughters. There were so many tears.
Their prayers are so sincere. I am moved to tears myself though this is neither my land, nor my people. I have never met these people before, yet feel like I have known them forever. I don't know how we will ever leave. It will be like cutting off an apendage. We feel that close now.
It's this spirit of fatherhood that is being imparted during our visit that is perhaps the most powerful, according to the Kenyans. It was missing for so long in the church there, but for the last 20 years God has sovereignly been preparing their hearts for the message so they are now like ripe fruit easily being plucked from a tree.
Missy
2 comments:
Hey there, you guys have been on my heart and in my prayers everyday since you left. Sounds like some big things are happening. I continue to pray for your safety and God's favor until you return.
God bless, Taylor.
Stacey and I are praying now for the Muranga trip for safety and anointing. We love and miss you guys.
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