Prayers for Mathare

Heather Zempel

Jun 08, 2007 · 9:49 AM

Teammate Kacey McGowan just sent a report out to the team about some violence in the Mathare slum yesterday.  You can read the news report here.  Mathare is located across the street from Pastor Vincent’s church.  When we talked about being in “Eastleigh,” that’s the area we were. 

You may have heard reports about the Mungiki sect which has been terrorizing and beheading Kenyans. Police were raiding the slum to find members of the sect, and several skirmished occurred.  Ten people were killed and many peoples’ “houses” were destroyed.

Please be praying for Pastor Vincent, our friends in Mathare, and the political situation in Nairobi. 

Commentary

Kristen

Jun 08, 2007 · 12:11 PM

My heart feels heavy with grief for the people whose faces and names I know in Mathare and Nairobi.  I’m so saddened by this.  Part of me feels guilty for being back in my safe, cozy world and yet grateful for it at the same time.  I continue asking God for the ability to pray for them in true belief that He is more powerful than the terror they are experiencing.  That God would raise up a generation of leaders that follow Him and seek change for their country.

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