Things on my mind...

Well today much of the country watching Iowa very intently, the Iowa Caucuses are going on as I type, some of the precincts are reporting, and at this time many networks are already declaring Mike Huckabee as the GOP winner, the Democratic bid is a little more mixed with Obama, Hillary Clinton, Edwards all very close together. While this is going on my mind is spending much more time elsewhere. I'm sure that most of you have heard about the violence in Kenya following their recent elections. This weighs heavily on my mind as I listen to reports of violence in Eldoret, a town very close to Illula, one of the ELI Orphanages, and about an hour or so away from Kip Karen, the other village we visited on our Optical trips to Kenya. I know many people there, and while Adele is safe in South Africa, where she was visiting Family over the Holidays when the violence broke out, I think of Juli and Allison, as well as the native staff. The Americans are likely fairly safe, but then Natives are more at risk. I think of David, and Cosmos, as well as Phoebe and others, as far as I know they are all of the Kolengen tribe, but that doesn't mean that they will be excluded from the violence, I ask for your prayers for these people in Kenya, that they will be kept safe, and that God will bring peace back to this country, for a first hand record of the events take a look at this blog... Daniel works with some of the street kids in the area and is still in Kenya, he updates often. the other thing that overshadows the Caucuses in my mind is my Grandfather, My Dad adn his siblings made the difficult decision to place him in Linn Manor care center. He doesn't think he needs to be there, and was very confrontational, and upset. Pray for peace for him and for my Dad and Aunts and Uncle knowing they made the right decision...