Back to Kenya

I can't believe it is already two weeks since I am back to Kenya. In fact two Saturdays ago I was sitting in the airplane on my way back to our country where we serve and where we know the Lord has some more work for us to do. My dear wife and my two kids came and picked me from the airport, it was great to see them again and to be united after this long and extended home assignment. I was ready to get back to the ministry and be with the Somali people again, and it didn't take more than two or three days until life came back to normal and the routine of going down to the Hospital, or take the kids up to the school in the mornings, hear their exciting stories they share. Or again share the Hospitalstories at the Dinner table, which the family usually doesn't enjoy, cause they aren't normally very nice stories. Like so many again with gunshotwounds in all possible places of the body. That is just another indication that the situation in Somalia continues to worsen. Things are totally out of control and shooting a fellow brother or whoever is no big deal any more. The sense of justice or righteousness seems to have gone down the drain completely. But as dramatic as the developments may be in the country, also diseases strike, such as cancer. Just a few minutes ago I came back from the Hospital where I had to comfort two Somaliladies who just lost their mother after suffering from cancer for quite a while.
First thing tomorrow morning is to go down the Hospital again and talk to a patient who suffered mouth cancer. Our docs have removed the complete lower jaw and put a metal one inside instead. Sometimes I really marvel at these guys and thank God for good docs, who also love God and can share about him. Their white coats truly gives them an authority to talk about a God who loves people more than anything. I enjoy working together with them and do the work together on both spiritual and physical levels.
I'll keep on updating you, Thomas