EXCITING TIMES.....DANGEROUS TIMES

Well, here we are agin!  Since our trip to the Doro Refugee camp in S. Sudan we have made two road trips to Eldoret, Kenya.  Eldoret is located about 200 miles north of Nairobi at about 7,000' elevation.  The town has about 500,000 people and is very spread out with a lot of agriculture.  It is located on the main highway to Uganda, so every truck goes right down main street.

On one of our trips we took pictures of the incredible "ruts" in the road from the overweight trucks.  This is one of them:

The ruts are literally 12-18" deep.  Our Subaru just clears without riding on top of the ruts.  It is actually very hard to pass because of having to exit and re-enter the ruts at a high speed.





The roads are very narrow and Kenyans drive like they have to pass anyone in front of them at any cost.   Cars will pass on a curve, up a hill, complete blind spots at 80-100 km!  We have had more than one very close call so far.  The pot holes and road work make it almost impossible to navigate safely.  On these roads we always are faced with broken down trucks and vehicles that are just left where they stop.  That's when the fun begins....how to get around them while being passed and cut off!

It literally becomes an off-road survival race to the end.  Our Subaru is really great for these roads (especially with the Turbocharger) but it is taking a real beating.  The front grill has broken loose from all the pounding and we had to use tie straps to keep it in place.  We have also had to replace the rear wheel bearings becsause of the abuse the roads hand out. Still praying for God to provide a Land Cruiser.  The dust is indescribable....did someone say "nose rinse."




In Eldoret, everyone rides a bicycle, and we mean most of the population.  They are everywhere and carrying everything from live chickens, huge stacks of firewood, and large milk cans strapped to the sides of the bike.  We have seen 100 kilo sacks of potatoes and recently took this pix:

Local man taking firewood to sell.  We have seen stacks several feet higher than this one!






The Lord is leading us to relocate our ministry to Eldoret.  We will be moving next week with one of the local movers...it should prove to be quite interesting.  God has provided a nice home for us to base our Kenya ministry in, and He has enables us to be very close to the Samaritan's Purse group.  We believe God is building additional ministry opportunities with them.  We should be going back to S. Sudan soon.

We would ask that you pray for Kenya as they move towards a March 4th Presidential Election.  Most indications as of this writing are that there is a good chance of violence throughout Kenya.  We would encourage you to search on line for information about the 2007-08 election in Kenya.  It will help you understand why we want you to pray.

You will quickly realize that God is moving us into the exact city where so many were killed after the last election.  We are obviously very aware of what could happen, but at the same time we are excited to be used of the Lord in this way.  Ministry opportunities and continuing to develop, and we are hopeful that after the election we can venture out and see what God will do.

Gary & Chris
Eagles Nest Ministry
enmkenya@gmail.com