"68 dead. At least 175 injured. 30 hostages still inside and probably a dozen gunmen." -CNN, Sept 21 9pm
Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya was a happy bustling place on Saturday morning. Friends gathered and sipped $5 lattes, enjoyed the movies or frozen yogurt when all turned black. "All Muslims" were quietly escorted out and gunfire echoed through the beautiful and palacios building full of over 1,000 employees, natives and tourists from all over the world. Children screamed, people ran, some hid, some escaped, some were captured.
This attack wasn't just on Kenya, this was a terrorist attack pointed at the world. This was an attack from Islam.
As you go about your busy lives this week, lift up this nation and it's beautiful people. Open your eyes to the world.
It's crazy to think I walked those marble hallways of Westgate not a year ago. I sat in those coffee shops comfortably chatting with my mom, I browsed the Nike store and enjoyed a little slice of comfortable western living for an afternoon.
I was there. That could have been me, it could have been someone I knew. My heart aches for this nation. I don't know why God has given me such a longing to be in that place and with those people. I wish I could run away from college and return to the place I like to call home.
There are times when words simply aren't enough to express how one is feeling. Sometimes hugs and tears are better. There are times when you are half-way across the world from the place you love but still are so burdened with it that you can't sleep at night. And there are times when you simply can do NOTHING except cry out to God to rescue HIS PEOPLE. And to come soon.
This is why I'm here at Moody. Studying and earnestly seeking you, Lord, so that I can GO to the lost and hurting people. Come soon.
This attack wasn't just on Kenya, this was a terrorist attack pointed at the world. This was an attack from Islam.
As you go about your busy lives this week, lift up this nation and it's beautiful people. Open your eyes to the world.
It's crazy to think I walked those marble hallways of Westgate not a year ago. I sat in those coffee shops comfortably chatting with my mom, I browsed the Nike store and enjoyed a little slice of comfortable western living for an afternoon.
I was there. That could have been me, it could have been someone I knew. My heart aches for this nation. I don't know why God has given me such a longing to be in that place and with those people. I wish I could run away from college and return to the place I like to call home.
There are times when words simply aren't enough to express how one is feeling. Sometimes hugs and tears are better. There are times when you are half-way across the world from the place you love but still are so burdened with it that you can't sleep at night. And there are times when you simply can do NOTHING except cry out to God to rescue HIS PEOPLE. And to come soon.
This is why I'm here at Moody. Studying and earnestly seeking you, Lord, so that I can GO to the lost and hurting people. Come soon.
a women huddles in a corner, protecting her child.
bodies lay around the mall that I remember walking through so clearly.
The Kenyan Red Cross tweeted that nine bodies were recovered Sunday night, bringing the death toll to 68." -CNN Sept 22nd 5pm
"Then I saw I new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, preparing as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying 'behold the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them and they will be his people and he will be their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, not pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." -Revelation 21:1-4
