The Hurt We Feel

We feel sad when our friends are sad.  We feel happy when friends have joyful news.  We feel hurt when friends are hurt.  And when our friends have sacrificed to serve the Lord and are giving their hearts to the Mission of our Lord, we feel especially hurt when they hurt.

C. J. and Traci Wilson recently moved to Nairobi to work with Made in the Streets and to serve medical needs among orphans in Kenya.  They have been staying in our house at Kamulu as they begin their work.  Last week some men came into the house and attacked them, looking for money and what they could steal.  They were not content with robbing, however, they were violent men.  C. J. was injured in one leg and a knee, among other bruises and scrapes.  Traci was knocked out and injured.  The baby was left alone and slept through it all.  It appears likely that the men had a stolen key, though as yet we have no idea how that could have been done.

As soon as C.J. was able to call Team members, they receive help and comfort.  They were taken to Aga Khan Hospital, where they received great care.  They went home with Larry and Hollye Conway. Since then they have been back to the doctors and they have sought counseling and have begun healing. They are returning to the USA this weekend to continue the healing process.  Decisions about the future will be made later.

The Team has begun the process of adding security to MITS until these men are arrested, and we are praying that God will remove this threat from the MITS community.  Additional guards have been added to the staff, and plans to upgrade fences are under way.  A rotation of locks will now take place more often than before.  We want all of MITS to be secure and for all visitors to our ministry to feel secure also - and to truly be secure.

We cannot stop doing our work because of the threat of danger -- in fact, our Team has always lived with certain dangers that exist in areas of deep poverty and high levels of crime.

Please ask God for the blessings of comfort, healing and joy for C.J. and Traci.  They are heroes of faith and full of courage.  We are grateful to know them.  May this event and all threats and dangers lead us to greater faith and hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose name is worthy not only to be praised, but also a name for whom we are willing to suffer.