GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS

Made in the Streets is that kind of place - always something good happening, always something bad happening.  After all, our service for Christ is to kids who are sleeping in the streets - and they came out of deep poverty.  Also, we work in a country with an enormous number of poor people and where many people do not see themselves as living under the rule of law.

So...bad news!  C. J. and Traci Wilson, newly moved to Nairobi to work with MITS and to make their home there, were attacked by three men while staying in the Coulstons' home at Kamulu.  C.J.'s leg was broken and his kneecap injured.  Traci was knocked out and severely cut on the head.  Several items were stolen from them and from the Coulstons' house.  When they were able to call MITS Team members, they were rushed to the hospital and given great care.  They have returned to the USA for a time of healing.  Traci has her stitches out already; C.J. is waiting for his bone to heal before having treatment on the knee.

This is a new development at Kamulu.  Almost all theives want only to steal and do not harm people physically.  We do not know why these men chose to be violent, unless it is because they were angry that the Wilsons had only a small amount of cash in the house.  But it has made MITS begin a new assessment of our security.  We have focused on making it difficult for people to enter properties or get through doors, and we have a few sirens in place.  We will now seek to find out what other methods -- monitoring with cameras, solar lighting, additional sirens, etc -- can prove effective in cutting down the likelihood of people approaching our properties.

It is impossible to take all risk out of street ministry. And it may be impossible to make buildings totally secure.  But we will do what we can to protect the Americans living in Nairobi, the visitors who come to help us and the MITS Team members who are so valuable to the ministry.

Now...good news!   Victor Ngatia, who is in the MITS Child Care and 6 years old, has received a visa from the American Embassy to fly to California for whatever urinary tract surgery is deemed necessary by the doctors at Cedar-Sinai Hospital.  He is flying today and will have his first exploratory surgery on Saturday.  We rejoice -- it has been a long and difficult road to getting Victor to the USA.  It is especially gratifying because the family of Victor's mother blame her for her children's difficulties (her older son recently experienced deteriorating vision and received a corneal transplant from the Lions Club (which is a story and a miracle in itself).  Nancy told her family, who wanted her to follow some older tribal traditions, that she would put her trust in Jesus for her kids' futures.  Her mother told her the last time she saw her, "We will just see what your God can do."  YES - we will!!

Here is Victor with Passport and Visa!!