25 cents for your green grass?

Dear friends, please to continue to pray earnestly for our Mijikenda brothers and sisters.

I spoke to the coordinators of our food relief just today. They were meeting to discuss food distribution in Kilifi District this week. The testimonies they gave me tore at my heart, so much so that I had to share them with you.

Stephen Thethe from an area known as Mihongohi Chenda (the place of nine poles) says that the families in his area are suffering greatly. The church there sponsors a preschool for children from the nearby villages. The preschool recently asked parents to give 20 Kenyan Shillings per week (about 25 American cents) to feed their children while at school. To date, not one single parent has been able to come up with that amount of money.

And if that doesn’t pull at your heart strings enough, Luganje Nyale from Kaloleni area gave an equally disturbing report. He says that the rains have brought some relief. Now that the rains have helped green the grass, many families have begun eating grass to relieve the hunger.

Please continue praying for these people. And if you have an extra few dollars, please consider sending it to help feed a few desperate people on the coast of Kenya.