i'm writing tonight for my sake, not yours.
it's selfish, really.
i'm burdened for Kenya. so burdened.
a year ago the land was my home and the people my people.
now it's thousands of miles away.
i don't know how to explain the feeling.
brian onyango was probably 15-years-old.
no one really knows.
street kids have a way of never knowing things we take for granted like who their parents are or where they live.
today brian gone from this earth.
and somehow it hurts because i knew him.
brian had spleen problems for years. while i was in kenya he was in and out of sickness & health. rarely the latter. he died from chronic malaria after running away from Agape and taken to jail.
i hugged this kid.
i ate with this kid.
i taught with this kid.
i yelled at this kid.
i loved this kid.
my heart breaks today and it struggles to remain constant through this.
i want to hide in a shell and cry.
to you brian was nobody. most of you never met brian omondi.
but now you do.
we must remember guys.
not rules, or education, or medicine, or food, or a house are necessary. Jesus is.
remember tonight that lives are at stake & every second counts.
don't waste this life we've been given.
it's selfish, really.
i'm burdened for Kenya. so burdened.
a year ago the land was my home and the people my people.
now it's thousands of miles away.
i don't know how to explain the feeling.
brian onyango was probably 15-years-old.
no one really knows.
street kids have a way of never knowing things we take for granted like who their parents are or where they live.
today brian gone from this earth.
and somehow it hurts because i knew him.
brian had spleen problems for years. while i was in kenya he was in and out of sickness & health. rarely the latter. he died from chronic malaria after running away from Agape and taken to jail.
i hugged this kid.
i ate with this kid.
i taught with this kid.
i yelled at this kid.
i loved this kid.
my heart breaks today and it struggles to remain constant through this.
i want to hide in a shell and cry.
to you brian was nobody. most of you never met brian omondi.
but now you do.
we must remember guys.
not rules, or education, or medicine, or food, or a house are necessary. Jesus is.
remember tonight that lives are at stake & every second counts.
don't waste this life we've been given.
