Bwanabob

3/31/2

Dear Friends,

We are doing fine and thankful for recent rains in Turkana District. It is much cooler and the boys actually wore sweat shirts over their uniforms to
school today.

On Saturday night a drunken Kikuyu policeman shot and injured two local Turkanans, or so we’ve been told. A mob went to the local police station seeking justice but as is common here and in other third world countries, “justice” is only served to a select few. The mob left the police station without satisfaction and as they passed through town they broke windows and damaged vehicles on Saturday night. On Sunday after church we passed through town, but right after passing through town people began attacking Kikuyu shops and businesses.

Today, Monday morning we are hearing that again there is tension in town and most shops are closed for fear of what may happen next.

We have scheduled a seminar at the Bible Institue this week and are expecting about 60 church leaders and pastors. Please pray that there will be peace in Lodwar town and that we may be able to encourage and uplift the work of our Lord Jesus even in a weary land. We are staying home until our pastors have a chance to look around town and let us know when it will be safe to go to the Bible Institute. If nothing else I can always walk around the outside of town over to the Bible Institute so that we can carry on.

From what we hear of the rest of Kenya everything is peaceful, but the politicians are too busy dividing the spoils in Nairobi to deal with fallout from violence in December and January.

On a positive note, the pastors completed another month of Bible Institute classes on their own. They also disposed of a minor land dispute at our Bible Institute compound this week. They dealt with it in a very traditional way. The students began building the fence along our boundery where survey beacons had already been set when we bought the plot. Then two younger pastors waited for the neighbor to come and complain, which he did. The pastors explained their side of the land dispute and asked the neighbor if he wanted to take the matter to the chief which he did, the whole time the young men continued to build the fence. Once the chief arrived and saw the fence being built within the survey markers the chief ruled in our favor and asked the neighbor why he wanted to stir up trouble, which then put the neighbor on the defensive for which he apologized and said that he would not be one to stir up trouble. The whole time the Bible Institute Dean and other older pastor were waiting in reserve if things couldn’t be handled by the younger pastors. Praise God for the wise men we work with, the entire plot is now fenced with chain link and the Turkana pastors have worked to claim the plot for the work of the Lord.

God bless you all,

In Christ, Bob Clark