Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ!
We pray that this small blog post finds you well and seeking the face of our Lord Jesus! May He be praise for all that He is doing and is yet to do in our lives!
While there are many more things involved with the story of 2007, I will briefly summarize what happened.
In 2007, there were elections in the country of Kenya. The election was between two political parties; and their leaders happened to be from the two largest tribes in Kenya. Whether or not the elections were good or corrupt - God knows - it is not ours to be pointing fingers and making any statements about various people. But what we do know is this: after the elections, violence broke out across Kenya and claimed the lives of many people.
The violence was largely between different tribes. If you were a part of tribe A and you were living among tribe B - all of a sudden, you were no longer welcomed in the community. Not every place in Kenya was like this, but more than enough were! In some places, people were evicted. In others, people's homes and business were looted and burned. In other places, some were hacked to death by machettes.
One of the biggest scars on the nation are the many IDP camps that are scattered throughout Kenya. (IDP stands for Internally Displaced Peoples.) Still today there are people living in UN Relief tents and practically neglected by the government - however, we must say that the government has done many things to try and relocate the IDPs and give them homes.
Now, it is 2013. It is an election year, and basically every political office will be up for grabs. In Kenya today, there are 8 presidential aspirants. Everyone has kicked their campains into the "High gear." On March 4th, all registered voters will go to the voting booths and cast their votes on who the next leaders should be.
We are asking you to pray. We ask that you would pray for PEACE during this time. Everyone is holding their breath, waiting, praying, hoping that what happened in 2007 will not happen again! We also ask that you would pray that a good leader would be elected - one that would actually serve the people and say "NO" to corruption. And lastly, we ask that you would pray for the Church of Jesus Christ in Kenya to stand up and be the voice of Christ! That we would be peacemakers and agents of His Kingdom!
Please also pray for us - that the Lord will use us during this time.
May Jesus alone be glorified in all that we do and say and think!
We pray that this small blog post finds you well and seeking the face of our Lord Jesus! May He be praise for all that He is doing and is yet to do in our lives!
While there are many more things involved with the story of 2007, I will briefly summarize what happened.
In 2007, there were elections in the country of Kenya. The election was between two political parties; and their leaders happened to be from the two largest tribes in Kenya. Whether or not the elections were good or corrupt - God knows - it is not ours to be pointing fingers and making any statements about various people. But what we do know is this: after the elections, violence broke out across Kenya and claimed the lives of many people.
The violence was largely between different tribes. If you were a part of tribe A and you were living among tribe B - all of a sudden, you were no longer welcomed in the community. Not every place in Kenya was like this, but more than enough were! In some places, people were evicted. In others, people's homes and business were looted and burned. In other places, some were hacked to death by machettes.
One of the biggest scars on the nation are the many IDP camps that are scattered throughout Kenya. (IDP stands for Internally Displaced Peoples.) Still today there are people living in UN Relief tents and practically neglected by the government - however, we must say that the government has done many things to try and relocate the IDPs and give them homes.
Now, it is 2013. It is an election year, and basically every political office will be up for grabs. In Kenya today, there are 8 presidential aspirants. Everyone has kicked their campains into the "High gear." On March 4th, all registered voters will go to the voting booths and cast their votes on who the next leaders should be.
We are asking you to pray. We ask that you would pray for PEACE during this time. Everyone is holding their breath, waiting, praying, hoping that what happened in 2007 will not happen again! We also ask that you would pray that a good leader would be elected - one that would actually serve the people and say "NO" to corruption. And lastly, we ask that you would pray for the Church of Jesus Christ in Kenya to stand up and be the voice of Christ! That we would be peacemakers and agents of His Kingdom!
Please also pray for us - that the Lord will use us during this time.
May Jesus alone be glorified in all that we do and say and think!
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