Dear Friends and Prayer Partners,

As I wrote to you in November in regard to our trip: Thank you for the mighty prayers and support you have given to the 2007 HMM Kenya Mission!!! It is so clear that our progress and success began the day that you began to pray, and many obstacles were removed. Also, the great outpouring was the result of prayer and intercession on the part of many, and certainly not the ‘natural’ result of our efforts. God accomplished so much! We continue to get email and information back that many were blessed.

We so deeply appreciate your prayers and support. And now the people and nation need your fervent intercession once again and more than ever! Our beloved Brother David Githii and others are writing to us begging for warfare prayer and intercession for their nation. Please take the time to read his email and a sample article about the difficulties in Kenya. And then please pray!!

Dear Steven.

As I had earlier hinted to you about my likely visit to USA, I did arrive in Dallas yesterday Dec. 30th.

As you might have already known, we did go through the elections but the political party that was defeated has resisted to the acceptance of the results and this has created a serious tension in the Kenyan environment. It calls for a very high degree of spiritual warfare prayers. As things are, it is hard to predict the direction Kenyan politics will take. It needs God's intervention to deviate a serious civil war that would claim many lives. We urgently need to mobilize intercessors here in USA to counter attack the satanic army that the devil is mobilizing against Kenya.

The dark powers of witchcraft, Ambee(Harambee), Masonic, occultism, etc., are at their highest operation in Kenya. Remember I have written about the cloud of Satanism that covers Kenya in my book "Exposing and Conquering Satanic Forces Over Kenya". All papers were actively exposing the work that was being carried out by witchdoctors that were enjoying luxurious profits as they handled their Kenyan political aspirants.

Some of them who were going to seek power from the renowned witchdoctors from as far as Nigeria, Tanzania and South Africa. Some of these rituals involved much human sacrifices for blood, no wonder many people lost their lives through many mysterious deaths and road accidents in course of the campaigns. I am sure such satanic rituals are actively taking place now where the demons will demand a lot of blood. Therefore, PRAY, PRAY and PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. God had brought you to Kenya to give her the covering and the anointment for a time like this. No wonder God opened doors for you to step and minister in many places in Kenya.

As you pray, cover the Kikuyu tribe who would be the target for the enemy just as the devil had targeted one tribe in Rwanda. Many of their homes and businesses are already burned or looted.

David Githii

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Here is a sample of the many reports that are filling the wire services around the world.

3:48 AM 1/2/2008
AU head goes to Kenya following violence
By KATHARINE HOURELD,
Associated Press Writer

NAIROBI, Kenya - The head of the African Union was traveling to Kenya on Wednesday for crisis talks as an explosion of ethnic violence followed the country's disputed election, including a mob torching of a packed church that killed dozens.

The killing of up to 50 ethnic Kikuyus in the Rift Valley city of Eldoret on Tuesday brought the death toll from four days of rioting to more than 275, raising fears of further unrest in what has been one of Africa's most stable democracies.

The latest violence recalled scenes from the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, when more than a half-million people were killed. The question facing Kenya is whether the politicians will lose control of the mobs, triggering a civil war.

President Mwai Kibaki, who was swiftly inaugurated for a second term Sunday after a vote that critics said was rigged, called for a meeting with his political opponents — a significant softening of tone for a man who vowed to crack down on rioters.

But opposition candidate Raila Odinga refused, saying he would meet Kibaki only "if he announces that he was not elected." Odinga accused the government of stoking the chaos, telling The Associated Press in an interview that Kibaki's administration "is guilty, directly, of genocide."

In Wednesday's editions, the country's oldest newspaper, The Standard, quoted the head of the country's electoral commission Samuel Kivuitu as saying, "I do not know whether Kibaki won the election."

Kivuitu said he had been pressured to announce the results, which sparked fresh violence.

The head of the African Union, Ghanaian president John Kufuor, was to arrive in Nairobi on Wednesday to help mediate the postelection violence, said the A.U.'s spokeswoman Habiba Mejri-Cheikh. She declined to offer further details.

The violence — from the shantytowns of Nairobi to resort towns on the sweltering coast — has exposed long-festering tribal resentment.

The people killed in Eldoret, about 185 miles northwest of Nairobi, were members of Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe.

The Kikuyus in Eldoret had fled to the Assemblies of God Church on Monday night, seeking refuge after mobs torched homes. Video from a helicopter chartered by the Red Cross showed many homes in flames and the horizon obscured by smoke. Groups of people were seen seeking sanctuary at schools and the airport, while others moved into the forest.

On Tuesday morning, a mob of about 2,000 arrived at the church, said George Karanja, whose family had sought refuge there.

"They started burning the church," Karanja said, his voice catching with emotion as he described the scene. "The mattresses that people were sleeping on caught fire. There was a stampede, and people fell on one another."

Karanja, 37, helped pull out at least 10 people, but added, "I could not manage to pull out my sister's son. He was screaming 'Uncle, uncle!' ... He died." The boy was 11.

Up to 50 people were killed in the attack, said a Red Cross official who spoke on condition of anonymity because her name would identify her tribe, and she feared reprisal. Even first aid workers were stopped by vigilantes who demanded their identity.

Karanja said his two children raised their hands as they left the church and they were beaten with a cane, but not killed. His 90-year-old father was attacked with a machete, but survived, he said.

"The worst part is that they were hacking people and then setting them on fire," he added.

The attackers saw Karanja saving people and began stoning him, he said. Karanja said he ran and hid — submerging himself in a pit latrine outside the church property. He stayed there about 30 minutes until he heard people speaking Kikuyu, he added.

The Kikuyu, Kenya's largest ethnic group, are accused of using their dominance of politics and business to the detriment of others. Odinga is from the Luo tribe, a smaller but still major tribe that says it has been marginalized.

There are more than 40 tribes in Kenya, and political leaders have often used unemployed and uneducated young men to intimidate opponents. While Kibaki and Odinga have support from across the tribal spectrum, the youth responsible for the violence tend to see politics in strictly ethnic terms.

In Nairobi's slums, which are often divided along tribal lines, rival groups have been fighting each other with machetes and sticks as police use tear gas and bullets to keep them from pouring into the city center. The capital has been a ghost town for days, with residents stocking up on food and water and staying in their homes.

The prospect of even more violence is ahead. Odinga insisted he would go ahead with plans to lead a protest march in the capital Thursday. The government banned the demonstration, but Odinga said: "It doesn't matter what they say."

The widespread violence and gathering international pressure could lead Kibaki to seek a compromise with the opposition.

The European Union and the United States have refused to congratulate Kibaki, and the EU and four top Kenyan election officials have called for an independent inquiry. In Britain, Kenya's former colonial ruler, Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged Kibaki and Odinga to hold talks.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Wednesday called "on all political leaders to engage in a spirit of compromise that puts the democratic interests of Kenya first."

"We pledge the diplomatic and political efforts of our two countries to support reconciliation and national unity at this vital time for Kenya and the region," they said in a joint statement.

Kibaki, 76, won by a landslide in 2002, ending 24 years of rule by Daniel arap Moi. Kibaki is praised for turning the country into an east African economic powerhouse with an average growth rate of 5 percent, but his anti-graft campaign has been seen as a failure, and the country still struggles with tribalism and poverty.

Odinga, 62, cast himself as a champion of the poor. His main constituency is the Kibera slum, where some 700,000 people live in poverty, but he has been accused of failing to do enough to help them in 15 years as a member of parliament.

Kenya's tourism industry, which brings in some $900 million and attracts more than 1 million visitors a year, is sure to suffer from the violence. The United States has warned tourists against all but essential travel to Kenya, and Britain has advised against travel in some areas.

Stuart Dickson, a Canadian who was vacationing in Nairobi, said he was cutting short his visit.

"We are leaving early because of the riots and how dangerous it is to be out on the streets," he said. "With shops being closed and everything, it is not the best place for a tourist or traveler to be right now."

Associated Press writers Tom Maliti and Malkhadir M. Muhumed contributed to this report. Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

Thank you for your wonderful partnership and friendship. Our united prayers will bring a mighty change to a troubled people!!

Grace and Peace be with you in Jesus Christ our Lord !!

Steve

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