In the dark

Some of you may remember or heard me tell about how dark it can get in Kenya. When the electricity goes out it is EXTREMELY dark. You literally can not see your hand in front of your face. Now for many families being without electricity is a non-issue because they don't have electricity in the first place and are used to using candles, lanterns etc. for a light source. For many of these families when the sun sets the day is done because they can't afford the fuel for lanterns or batteries for flashlights.

When I think about the times I've been without electricty (which has been maybe a handful of times in my life) it wasn't that bad and the city was on top of it right away. But as you will see from the following, it's not the same in Kenya.

Our brother and sister (Gideon and Pauline) in Tala have been without electricity for about two weeks now. Some thugs (theives) stole a major component of the transformer which runs electricity for the village. Here is an excerpt from an email I received today from Pauline:

"You cant just imagine that the power is not yet fixed though this is the second week in darkness.To make matters worse they demanded a payment of ksh.1000 (about $12.50) per every homestead to strengthen security of the transformer as if the power company belong to us. This has really inconvinienced every body with no water and light.We hope they will move quickly this week to arrest the situation."

Pauline goes on to say: "To write this i had to carry the laptop is school. (this is where Pauline works) Pray with me we get our power back I hope to write more when am at home coz here there are alot of disturbances i cant concentrate on the computer well"

This is just one instance to show you the stark difference between living in the United States and living in Kenya. We continually pray for God's will to be done and that we will be obedient to His calling. Please keep Saved By God's Grace in your prayers and thank you for your support.