Praying for Eastleigh

This is Second Street in Eastleigh where we serve with the Eastleigh Community Centre. In the distance you can see smoke rising from a section of dukas burning around noon on Wednesday. Fires like this can sweep through the low slung shacks that house shops and homes in Nairobis many urban slums and ghettos.

The new Somali women's group in Eastleigh has begun with high enthusiasm. Erica and I will be teaching ESL classes with the group of Somali mothers and helping the group find ways of overcoming extreme poverty for them and their children.

During the first meeting of the women, an outspoken local politician arrived at the centre and tried to disturb the group and bring her own agenda. With great patience and skill our friends Zahra and Ehud were able to pull the meeting back on track. Please pray for this group over the coming months as we struggle together to build bonds of trust and common purpose. Also one of the biggest risks that ministries to vulnerable people face is fostering dependency. We pray that as we slowly move forward that we'll be able to avoid this pitfall.

Meanwhile, we are preparing to leave for Dadaab with a team of volunteers coming from White Rock Baptist Church, British Columbia. We'll be returning to Nairobi next week end, while the team remains in Dadaab to teach at the primary school and work on a construction project.