Kenya

I have always been a news watcher and have paid attention to world events. However, usually those world events are very far from me and I have no real connection to them...until now. I know most of you have probably seen the pictures and information about the tragedy in Kenya. I have Kenyan students in my class. I live in a country that borders Kenya. I am 400 miles from the tragedy. I have talked about going to Nairobi for vacation. This was the picture in our local newspaper yesterday.

My heart hurts for the people involved because they were just in a mall, shopping with their family and friends. It seems absolutely senseless to me. Everyone on campus is talking about this issue. In fact, there was a prayer meeting tonight about it. Please pray, send positive thoughts, or whatever you do whenever tragedies like these happen in our world. This one seems more real to me.