Hello from Kenya.
It has been an interesting month and half here as we transitioned to quarantine /isolation. I have completely forgotten to do an update, and I apologize. There are a few changes with the lock down and I’m still adjusting. I want to say thank you to Koni & Floriann for keeping our chat dates once a week to keep up with all that has changed and is currently happening. Elvis and I are so thankful to have been able to log in to some church services, worship services and devotionals. In Kenya you pay for the internet/ phone time/messaging use as you use it on a token method and I am finding it difficult to keep up. A lot has been happening here in Kenya ( and around the world ) . Poverty is HIG, and on the rise again. The lock down started in early March 2020. Official travel shutdown April 6th, with no one going in or out of Nairobi. Foreign nationals are being told their are flights available to leave and then those flights cancel without refund. For me , I have a return flight June 2nd, and I believe at this point of the virus issues, I will need to delay that trip until August or September. Kenya is about 2-3 weeks out from America so I was able to warn some people here of what was coming. The reality here though, is that people live daily and cannot stock up. (not even on toilet paper) Poverty is affecting so many lives. Elvis and I are trying our level best to give out as much as we are receiving. In our community we have poor elderly, children, families, business people who are no longer working and cannot work from home, blind and handicapped. This is our main priority right now We live approximately 3 blocks from a mosque that uses a loud speaker to shout and pray and sing at least 6 times per day starting at 5 am. The government closed schools and churches and funerals all at the same time, but the muslim culture here is not abiding by the rules. We all feel spiritual warfare around this area. Elvis and I have befriended a lot of the community and they are feeling the same. We are all praying for protection as there is a band /gang of thieves making the rounds in Bungoma area. In the last 2 months there have been robberies and killings in a 2 miles radius of my current home. We have a brick wall, animals, and a wonderful dog that is keeping the compound safe. There is a high alert out for 3 swarms of locusts that will be hatching fully by May 3 in Kenya. This will destry what is left of the last food supply and also the new crops coming up. The locusts have come down from Somalia and will travel next to Asia. The government and scientists are predicting this to be a biblical proportion plague at about 400 times the normal. In Nairobi there is a plague of the nairobi fly ( kinda like an army work invasion ) BUT they bite and it is like acid on your skin. These bites create a lot of damage and scars. There has been major flooding in Kisumu and surrounding areas devastating crops, demolishing houses, land and businesses. The people affected by the floods are truly suffering as they have lost everything. The government is looking at some sort of plan to help. The orphanage, Disciples of Mercy that we visited in January is ok and they are all safe. Praise the Lord. I just really feel that Africa and America need 2 Chronicles 7:13-16 ( the whole world actually) 14- My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from there wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. -- its clear what needs to happen. Update personally: What is happening to foreigners?? in town we are being heckled as corona corona — white people go home - chinese nationals working in construction here are being targeted and told to leave the country— at home people come to the gate asking for work and for help with food. Just yesterday, we returned from town to get a few supplies and found a dead chicken inside the gate area. Feathers everywhere but not from the dead chicken. my dog would not go near the chicken and all our our chickens were accounted for. We believe it was an attempt to poison our dog Lucy. She is very smart and she is extremely loyal to me and I am so thankful to have her. I was relieved that she did not touch that chicken!!!! this is getting long so Ill close it up _— Message me for more info —Links at the bottom to news Prayer points: -Government leaders to be clear and truthful - there is a lot of manipulation and fear mongering. -People to be provided for with food and help with shelter -Locusts to not be as predicted (400 times larger swarms than ever -to fully hatch by May 13th) -food supplies to be protected as the supply is low and demand is high. prices are rising -Nairobi Fly to swarm infestation to disperse quickly ( this is a tiny Creepy Stinging fly ) Huge swarm just hit nairobi this last week. -Floods in Kisumu ( 2 hours from me ) to be receding quickly and help for the people who have lost crops and homes and businesses . Personal: Energy, strength, health. Elvis passport ( immigration closed the day he went for his appointment and we have not heard anything. We have received a lot of calls requesting help for : planting, tilling, fertilizer and insecticides . Food and medicine. for the last 2 months we have been doing weekly food drops in neighboring communities. The demand is high. It has been made more difficult with kids out of school, people out of work, staying home is not reality here. Children cannot learn online here because there is no money to pay for internet, there is no money for food!! Just on news today !!!! The government is calling the candidates ( class 8 and Class 12 ) back to school next week to start taking exams. For those children in rural areas with poverty they will probably do poorly as they have not kept up with school. No access to internet affects their studying and will affect exam results. It is is stressful situation as well as a complicated one. Please pray for these students. Please feel free to support in any way . PayPal.me/ChariseMillsop OR charisemillsop.weebly.com ( donate ) OR message me for other options. Stay strong. Stay well. Be at peace . Love to You— Charise & Elvis Locusts -Locusts set to hit Kenya, East Africa again, 400 times stronger ...qz.com › africa › locusts-set-to-hit-kenya-east-africa-ag… ‘Locust-19’ set to ravage crops across east AfricaFinancial Times·1 day ago Nairobi Flies - Citizen TV Kenya on Twitter: "Millions of Narrow Bee flies, popularly known as "Nairobi Fly" have invaded Kabarnet town, Baringo County causing a major scare and paralysing operations. When crushed on the skin, these tiny insects release toxins which cause itching and swelling.… https://t.co/TUWCXhr6UR" Millions of 'Nairobi Flies' Attack Major Town [VIDEO] - Kenyans ...www.kenyans.co.ke › news › 52381-millions-nairobi-fl... Floods: Kenya floods: At least 22 missing after landslide | Kenya News ...www.aljazeera.com › news › 2020/04 › kenya-floods-2... Kenya faces new health risk as floods, mudslide displace thousandsCatholic News Service·1 day agoTrail of destruction as Lake Victoria waters flood homesThe Standard·2 days ago
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