Saturday, August 13, 2011

Feeling their pain

We are all pilgrims and strangers on earth.  We know that, don't we?  Sometimes I think though I forget that when I am among "my own"those who are so familiar.
 But take one who has left his home few times and doesn't know all the manmade rules for entering into another's country. That has been Albert and his wife Priscilla's experience. They left Monrovia, Liberia to embark on a journey of study across their continent in Kenya. Priscilla, with a Nigerian passport got into the country. Albert didn't have his documents in correct order. He was first detained at the airport for a day or two, and now they have returned him to his home country. He will miss the first few days of class.
I am thankful for Joseph.  Joseph is a Kenyan EAFC alumnus.  He is MUCH more than that to me.  He's the trip planner for my upcoming trip in October.  He's my friend, and now he has been reaching out to Albert.  It was Joseph a complete stranger that Albert called in his hour of need.  This is a good example of how the EAFC family is supposed to work and how I pray it continue to develop with many, many from every tribe and tongue loving on those IN THE FAMILY of THE KING.
Join me, please, in praying for a quick solution to Albert's problem and for the unexpected funds to handle this wrinkle in their plans.  Pray, too, for Priscilla, in a strange land without even her husband.

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