school safety

January 29, 2008
Today we went to County House across from Parliament to hear Annan, Kibaki and Odinga talk about the roadmap for Kenya. Annan said that the goal was to solve the most glaring issues in the next 4 weeks and bring complete and lasting peace back to the nation within one year. Odinga spoke about the terrible loss of life and Kibaki talked about setting up more police stations and what sounded like military rule. The whole thing seemed like a dark farce, a wood paneled room both parties on either side and microphones that didn't work. So far removed from the rest of the country which continues to spin out of control.

January 30, 2008
Spent the day with Amie's old friend George. At the office of Kenyan Human Rights Commission learned that Kikuyu militias had surround the top school in Kenya, Alliance Boys and Girls. As the Media Spokesperson said "It's not safe to be black in Kenya." The situation remains tense as the school officials plan to evacuate the children. George's daughter is going to boarding school in a Kikuyu area, ironically we might be the only ones that can go and bring her to safety. Even her parents dare not enter the area or they would surely be attacked.

Interestingly, we are staying in the International Bible Society Guest House or IBS and woke up to hymns. We are very safe. We are considering going up to Nakuru and possible getting Stella out of school. We just can't tell what is going to happen next.

It is a beautiful day in Nairobi and we are sitting in a coffeehouse and eating a brownie.