In order to keep friends, family, and all readers updated on the current news of the places I am, I have provided links to 2 different articles from the BBC. The first one is what happened yesterday in Kenya, whereby a church in Eldoret was set on fire, containing 30 people taking refuge within its walls; and the second article is about the USAID officer killed yesterday in Khartoum, Sudan. This might mean a pull out of Sudan, from the US, but I don't know. Either way, this does not concern our safety in South Sudan. Thanks for all your prayers for Sudan and Kenya.
Current news on Kenyan Violence **Note: just to remind everyone, we are away from any of this crime and are taking precautions to maintain our personal safety.
USAID Officer Killed in Khartoum **Note: I would like to point out that this statement: "Anti-Western and anti-US feelings are running high in Sudan, because of Western criticism of Khartoum's policies in Darfur, correspondents say." actually refers to Northern Sudan only and NOT South Sudan where I live. The people in South Sudan are VERY different from the Northerners and have extemely different sentiments.
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Meghan and Kelly are safe at a missionary compound in Nairobi as of 5 Jan 08. She called home, but does not have inet access. Situation is now calm. Will be flying out of Nairobi to Kampala on Tues.
WE received a call from Meghan this morning as Meg was boarding an AIM
flight to Kampala, Uganda.
Meghan and Kelley are going to a conference in Kampala that was rescheduled
from Entebbe.
They are safe as things had calmed down somewhat in Nairobi after most of
the opposition was killed or driven off.
Most of the conflict was confined to the Mahre slums and the western Rift
Valley were the opposition tribe is located.
AIM Air spent the past two weeks evacuating people from there to safety. The
AIM missionary kids school is in that area.
So short story is that Meghan is out of that frying pan.
Meghan is in Machakos, Kenya today at Scott Theological College for a three week ABO conference. They are 90km south of Nairobi in a remote village away from the conflict.
They have limited internet access and perhaps she will have a chance to update her blog and answer emails.
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