news from Kenya

Hello,
I told some of you that we were going on a trip to northern Kenya to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. The target area was a place right at the border to Ethiopia in a muslim dominated place. The entire land up there is almost like a country on its own, it is disconnected from the developed part of southern Kenya, and it gained an infamous reputation of banditry and intertribal clashes for many years. It is mainly populated by cushitic tribes who are known to be fierce fighters who can't be easily intimitated. The infrastructure in that part of the country is in a dire state of disrepair, the total distance from Nairobi to Moyale is about 1200 km and only 500 are tarmaced, which makes a trip to those hot and arid places a real adventure which only a few daring people from down country Kenya have ever undertaken.
But nevertheless that is the area which was targeted for letting peopel there know that there is a good who loves people more than anything and there is a need for repentance and a chance for reconciliation through Jesus Christ and the blood he offered as a substitute for our sin.
When we reached there we had the strong impression that God would be doing something great and people will be released from the bondages of their sin and the bondage of religion. And indeed as soon as we started explaining who the saviour is, coming from the old Testament, people started responding in a hurry, because they were convicted by the power of the Holy Spirit that they needed to start a new life. God graciously manifested himself and the word through signs and wonders, people got healed from various diseases and sicknesses. Others got freed from demonic oppression and started a new life. others had dreams and nights and were compelled to see a pastor in the area and find out how they could find rest for their souls. Even up to date, that is after one week, men and women and entire families are still looking for help to get some of their questions answered. It was a powerful display of Gods love to the peopel of Moyale and the warlike people of northern Kenya, that there is a way we can get peace in our lives, through the prince of peace.
I may refer to that event in some of my posts in the future, because I believe it was a milestone in my career as a missionary to the peoplegroup God had called me to.
Have a lovely weekend, Thomas