Monday Evening

Well, this has been the end of one emotional week. The prayer service at church was attended by over 400 people, many of them being Kenyans living in Indianapolis. It was a wonderful time of listening to African drumming, hearing the latest reports, the Kenyans singing their national anthem and being with people who have common interests in Kenya. It would appear at this point that Kenya is turning the corner coming back to some sense of a new normal. Many people have left the Eldoret area, homes have been burned and people are still living in Church courtyards and the IU compound for safety or a roof over their heads. The AMPATH program is being evaluated and recreated to meet the challenges of fewer workers, fewer patients but people are beginning to trickle in to the clinic sites for treatment. The Kenyan spirit is coming back to life. Travel is still dangerous but where safety is a lesser issue, there is an attempt to get medicine and food to some of 19 clinic sites in western Kenya. It is a challenging task that the Kenyans will achieve by means of a determined spirit. The story is that Humpty Dumpty could not be put together by all the Kings Horses and men but the Kenyans will get the job done.