He said the situation on the roads was bad, much worse than in October. It took him over 13 hours to get home today, but he’s home and safe.
Thank you for praying
🙏!
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Luke is home!
Luke is home!
He said the situation on the roads was bad, much worse than in October. It took him over 13 hours to get home today, but he’s home and safe.
Thank you for praying🙏!
He said the situation on the roads was bad, much worse than in October. It took him over 13 hours to get home today, but he’s home and safe.
Thank you for praying
🙏!
Praise the Lord & keep praying!
PTL! He made it through & is almost home! Thank you for all your prayers! The next few days may be pretty rough around the country, so continued prayers are appreciated!
Please pray!
Luke said a large convoy of police & military just went past them on their way to Ahero. He is less than 2 km from the fighting.
Please pray!
Please pray!
Prayer Warriors we need you now!
Prayer Warriors we need you now!
Luke (and many other motorists) is stopped along the route between Kisumu & Kisii. The roads are now blocked in both directions by protestors wielding stones & machetes.
He has either been traveling or waiting ALL day due to the protests that broke out today.
Please pray!
Luke (and many other motorists) is stopped along the route between Kisumu & Kisii. The roads are now blocked in both directions by protestors wielding stones & machetes.
He has either been traveling or waiting ALL day due to the protests that broke out today.
Please pray!
Monday 5 February 2018
Shelby family & Kenya 🇰🇪 Update:
The kids & I attended church here in Kisii, & We had a really good service. Pastor Andrew preached on bearing one another’s burdens. The alter was full.
2018 seemed to get off to rough start for our church here, but the trials are drawing all of closer together in a spirit of unity that we have not experienced here before. When the leaders were discussing the theme for our new year & chose “Striving Together,” we had no idea that what was ahead for our church family. They have wonderfully shown brotherly love & have come together to bear a heavy burden. Their spiritual growth has been awesome to see & this is just the 1st week of February! Not sure what God has in store next for Calvary BC of Kisii, but God has brought us through this trying time together & HE will bring us through each step from here as well.
Luke preached at our church in the village of Sidundo (5 1/2 hours away) today, & they also had good services today.
Not even sure what to write concerning Kenya at this point...opposition held a demonstration today & they plan to cause major disruptions in the capital tomorrow. We will be safe here. As the political situation intensifies & TV broadcasting remains turned off, we have been told that social media will be the next to be switched off (as the opposition is using these means to incite people to mass action). Not trying to scare anyone or anything, we are just use to having a plan B, C, & D in place after living in Kenya this long (lol). So...if social media gets cut off, we will communicate via email. If you are not on our mailing list, please visit our website & subscribe to our Letters & Updates in order to receive our emails when we can get things out. If for any reason that fails, we will hopefully be able to use our phones for calls & texts, & we will stay in contact with our families & home church, & they will be able to post updates on their FB accounts.
Love
❤️ you all! Thank you for your faithful prayers.
2018 seemed to get off to rough start for our church here, but the trials are drawing all of closer together in a spirit of unity that we have not experienced here before. When the leaders were discussing the theme for our new year & chose “Striving Together,” we had no idea that what was ahead for our church family. They have wonderfully shown brotherly love & have come together to bear a heavy burden. Their spiritual growth has been awesome to see & this is just the 1st week of February! Not sure what God has in store next for Calvary BC of Kisii, but God has brought us through this trying time together & HE will bring us through each step from here as well.
Luke preached at our church in the village of Sidundo (5 1/2 hours away) today, & they also had good services today.
Not even sure what to write concerning Kenya at this point...opposition held a demonstration today & they plan to cause major disruptions in the capital tomorrow. We will be safe here. As the political situation intensifies & TV broadcasting remains turned off, we have been told that social media will be the next to be switched off (as the opposition is using these means to incite people to mass action). Not trying to scare anyone or anything, we are just use to having a plan B, C, & D in place after living in Kenya this long (lol). So...if social media gets cut off, we will communicate via email. If you are not on our mailing list, please visit our website & subscribe to our Letters & Updates in order to receive our emails when we can get things out. If for any reason that fails, we will hopefully be able to use our phones for calls & texts, & we will stay in contact with our families & home church, & they will be able to post updates on their FB accounts.
Love
❤️ you all! Thank you for your faithful prayers.
Sunday 4 February 2018
Thank you for your continued prayers!
Luke made & our Pastors made it safely to Siaya. He said all the roads were clear & there were no problems.
Luke will return home sometime this next week; depending on how the protests (planned to begin on Monday) go.
Thank you for your continued prayers!
Luke will return home sometime this next week; depending on how the protests (planned to begin on Monday) go.
Thank you for your continued prayers!
Saturday 3 February 2018
Political situation (2/2/18)
As far as the political situation...things are beginning to escalate in areas of Nairobi. But most was not too bad today. The opposition is threatening to increase protests & have ordered their soldiers (not sure exactly who those are?? Maybe the youths they have been using to destroy property, loot businesses, & stone cars??) to go from to every house & place of Business & remove the current President’s pictures & burn them. Then they will replace them with the opposition leader’s picture instead.
In statements today at the funeral (held in the opposition’s area) we were told that they plan to make every Kenyan choose which country they will be a part of the Republic of Kenya or the Central Republic of Kenya by June.
So this is not going to be a short process or something that can just be swept under the rug & forgotten. Things will most likely get worse each week at least for a while.
Please pray for Luke & a couple of our Pastors who will be traveling into the opposition’s stronghold area to check on one of our churches & our orphanage. Due to the safety concerns, our children & I will remain in Kisii this time.
In statements today at the funeral (held in the opposition’s area) we were told that they plan to make every Kenyan choose which country they will be a part of the Republic of Kenya or the Central Republic of Kenya by June.
So this is not going to be a short process or something that can just be swept under the rug & forgotten. Things will most likely get worse each week at least for a while.
Please pray for Luke & a couple of our Pastors who will be traveling into the opposition’s stronghold area to check on one of our churches & our orphanage. Due to the safety concerns, our children & I will remain in Kisii this time.
Thank you for your prayers!
Thank you to everyone who prayed for us today. There were nearly 1,000 people at the funeral today & they were very receptive to the message. We cannot give you a number of precious souls saved, because there were too many to count! Praise the Lord!
And after a month long wait for the funeral, this young family now has some closer. Your prayers are always appreciated!
And after a month long wait for the funeral, this young family now has some closer. Your prayers are always appreciated!
Friday 2 February 2018
Please pray for the funeral of Bro. James...
If you are awake now, we ask that you pray as the Word of God will be preached in just a few minutes. We are at the funeral of one of our deacons, & a majority of his family is unsaved. We ask that you pray that many will listen to a clear presentation of the Gospel & be saved today.
Please pray for his wife & children & our church family during this time.
Thanks in advance!
Please pray for his wife & children & our church family during this time.
Thanks in advance!
Thursday 1 February 2018
LONG post ahead! TV stations are still under a blackout!
LONG post ahead! TV stations are still under a blackout, but we have been able to get news via the local stations social media sites. Everything appears to be calm countrywide tonight. The way the government reacts in the coming days (as the article below explains that today's actions could be viewed as high treason) will be very important when it comes to the safety of all the people in Kenya. Your continued prayers are much appreciated.
News Article below:
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who boycotted the country's disputed election last year, swore himself in as the "people's president" at a mock inauguration ceremony Tuesday in protest against President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Thousands of opposition supporters gathered at Uhuru Park in central Nairobi, chanting slogans and waving tree branches at the symbolic "swearing-in" event, which was organized by Odinga's National Super Alliance (NASA).
Odinga supporters gathered for his mock "swearing-in" ceremony in Nairobi on Tuesday.
Kenyatta won a second presidential term with 98% of the vote following a controversial election rerun in November. The country's Supreme Court nullified the previous ballot, also won by Kenyatta, due to "illegalities and irregularities."
Odinga and his opposition party dropped out of the second vote, claiming the election commission had failed to implement any reforms.
NASA says it wants to create an alternative government to protest Kenyatta's rule. Some are hoping Tuesday's event will push Kenyatta, who promised to work toward national unity during his second term, to include opposition leaders in dialogue and in his ministerial appointments.
But the government has warned that Tuesday's events amount to treason -- an offense punishable by death, according to Kenyan law.
Ahead of the event, three of the country's largest television stations were pulled off air by the government -- a move not seen in the country for years.
"President Kenyatta expressly threatened to shut down and revoke the licenses of any media that would broadcast the planned purported swearing in of NASA leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka on Tuesday," Kenya Editors Guild Chairman Linus Kaikai said in a statement on Monday night.
Local channels KTN, NTV and Citizen television's free-to-air channels were turned off beginning around 10:00 a.m. (2:00 a.m. ET) Tuesday morning.
CNN has reached out to the government and is awaiting comment.
*Judge: Ceremony is treason
The election-related drama in east Africa's economic hub has been stuttering along for months, and on Tuesday a state of apprehension hung in the air.
National newspapers captured the sense of uncertainty: One headline read "Moment of truth," while another read "What to expect on this day of conflict."
While not specifically naming Odinga, Attorney General Githu Muigai warned last month that any attempt to hold an alternative swearing-in event amounted to treason.
"The swearing in of any person not lawfully declared to have won an election by the independent election and boundaries commission, and the swearing in that is not conducted by the chief justice of the Republic of Kenya is a process wholly unanticipated by the constitution and is null and void and illegal," Muigai said.
"The criminal law of the Republic of Kenya stipulates that sort of process is high treason ... It is high treason of the persons involved, and any other person facilitating that process," he added.
*Uncertainty ahead
Observers had feared that Tuesday's protest could lead to more public unrest. But in opposition strongholds -- where much of the post-election violence has erupted -- it appeared to be business as usual. In Nairobi's Kibera slum, vendors set up their shops and residents went about their day as normal. Jubilant supporters emerged in celebration after Odinga took the symbolic oath.
At least 92 people have been killed during the protracted election period, according to a report from Kenya's National Commission on Human Rights.
Odinga has been somewhat ambiguous about his future plans. Speaking recently on KTN, he told Kenyans "to hold their horses."
"Let them hold their horses they will be told outside the swearing in. We will make an announcement as far as what will happen going forward," Odinga said.
"We can actually make use of this opportunity in order to bring the people together. That is what we intend to do as the people's government," he said. "We are going to take actions and bring reforms where we will bring the country together."
News Article below:
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who boycotted the country's disputed election last year, swore himself in as the "people's president" at a mock inauguration ceremony Tuesday in protest against President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Thousands of opposition supporters gathered at Uhuru Park in central Nairobi, chanting slogans and waving tree branches at the symbolic "swearing-in" event, which was organized by Odinga's National Super Alliance (NASA).
Odinga supporters gathered for his mock "swearing-in" ceremony in Nairobi on Tuesday.
Kenyatta won a second presidential term with 98% of the vote following a controversial election rerun in November. The country's Supreme Court nullified the previous ballot, also won by Kenyatta, due to "illegalities and irregularities."
Odinga and his opposition party dropped out of the second vote, claiming the election commission had failed to implement any reforms.
NASA says it wants to create an alternative government to protest Kenyatta's rule. Some are hoping Tuesday's event will push Kenyatta, who promised to work toward national unity during his second term, to include opposition leaders in dialogue and in his ministerial appointments.
But the government has warned that Tuesday's events amount to treason -- an offense punishable by death, according to Kenyan law.
Ahead of the event, three of the country's largest television stations were pulled off air by the government -- a move not seen in the country for years.
"President Kenyatta expressly threatened to shut down and revoke the licenses of any media that would broadcast the planned purported swearing in of NASA leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka on Tuesday," Kenya Editors Guild Chairman Linus Kaikai said in a statement on Monday night.
Local channels KTN, NTV and Citizen television's free-to-air channels were turned off beginning around 10:00 a.m. (2:00 a.m. ET) Tuesday morning.
CNN has reached out to the government and is awaiting comment.
*Judge: Ceremony is treason
The election-related drama in east Africa's economic hub has been stuttering along for months, and on Tuesday a state of apprehension hung in the air.
National newspapers captured the sense of uncertainty: One headline read "Moment of truth," while another read "What to expect on this day of conflict."
While not specifically naming Odinga, Attorney General Githu Muigai warned last month that any attempt to hold an alternative swearing-in event amounted to treason.
"The swearing in of any person not lawfully declared to have won an election by the independent election and boundaries commission, and the swearing in that is not conducted by the chief justice of the Republic of Kenya is a process wholly unanticipated by the constitution and is null and void and illegal," Muigai said.
"The criminal law of the Republic of Kenya stipulates that sort of process is high treason ... It is high treason of the persons involved, and any other person facilitating that process," he added.
*Uncertainty ahead
Observers had feared that Tuesday's protest could lead to more public unrest. But in opposition strongholds -- where much of the post-election violence has erupted -- it appeared to be business as usual. In Nairobi's Kibera slum, vendors set up their shops and residents went about their day as normal. Jubilant supporters emerged in celebration after Odinga took the symbolic oath.
At least 92 people have been killed during the protracted election period, according to a report from Kenya's National Commission on Human Rights.
Odinga has been somewhat ambiguous about his future plans. Speaking recently on KTN, he told Kenyans "to hold their horses."
"Let them hold their horses they will be told outside the swearing in. We will make an announcement as far as what will happen going forward," Odinga said.
"We can actually make use of this opportunity in order to bring the people together. That is what we intend to do as the people's government," he said. "We are going to take actions and bring reforms where we will bring the country together."
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