Our week in Nairobi

Hello Everyone,
We are still here in Nairobi and will probably be here for at least another week. This past weekend Ryan Showalter from EMM came to visit and it was good to see a familiar face from back home. Last night Clair and Beth Good flew in and they will be spending time here in Kenya until about the 26th. They have lived in Kenya for many years and wanted to come and spend some time here, evaluating the situation. It will also help them decide how safe it is for us to return to Songhor and when that will be possible. We are in a lot of unknown right now.
We didn't have a very eventful week last week. We caught up on three weeks worth of emailing and did what we could to help out here at the Mennonite Guesthouse. We are able to cook our own food in the house we're staying in next to the MGH. It has been interesting to shop for groceries. More than once we have asked one of the workers in the store if they have a certain item and more than once we have gotten a blank stare. There seems to be a language barrier even when the other person understands English.
Sunday we went to an awesome church service here in Nairobi. We attended Mamlaka Hill Chapel. They had a mix of Swahili and English worship and the preaching was in English. It is a growing church with, I would say, about two hundred people and three services. Through the church we got connected with someone helping at Jamhuri Park where about nine thousand families are staying as refugees because of the crisis. Yesterday morning we went to see what we could do to help. It was good to see what was happening there and to be able to help out in the areas that we could. It was interesting to see how the situation in Jamuri Park compared to the situation at the police station near Songhor. There was definitely a lot more people at the park, but it was also a lot bigger than the police station. The Red Cross was there and supplies seemed more available. There are planned riots for the next three days so we're not sure how safe it is to be out much, but we're hoping to go back to Jamhuri Park sometime to help again.
That's really the extent of our week here in Nairobi. Hopefully the next time we send an update we'll have a better idea of what the weeks ahead hold. For now we're learning to trust God with the future and all of the unknown.
God bless,
Becky Jordan for the Kenya team

Praises:
-This has been a time for us to reflect on what we have experienced the last month and to be able to have some time as a team
-There are opportunities for us to serve here in Nairobi while we're waiting to see how long it will take for things to settle down here in Kenya
-We're safe here in Nairobi

Prayer Requests:
-The nation of Kenya and the families that have been affected. That food, clean water, shelter, and medicine will be provided for the many refugees around the country
-For Gordon Obado who we have worked with in Songhor. His wife just died unexpectedly on Sunday. Please keep him and his children in your prayers.
-That God will give EMM wisdom in deciding when it is safe for us to return to Songhor
-Continued team unity