received a long newsletter from Suki Rice that included the following:

Eden Grace, staff of the Friends United Meeting in Kisumu, (who has just been evacuated from Kisumu with her family and other Americans to Nairobi)  writes:

Please, please continue praying for peace in Kenya. Things have reached a frightening "tipping point", where we can envision a truly horrible future. But at the same time, we know that God is a miracle-worker, and that He has not abandoned Kenya, so we remain hopeful. Please join us in pleading for His hand of calm to stay the angry hearts, His hand of comfort to bind up the wounded in body and spirit, and His hand of wisdom to guide all of us who seek to do His will today and every day.

There was an interview with Eden that aired on the program The World, carried by WGBH and others a couple of weeks ago, when things looked like they might calm down.  Her analysis was that this conflict is less about tribalism than it is about economics and class struggle.  Suki writes much the same thing.  Others have lamented to determination of Western media to cast this in tribal terms.  If you are interested in following this more closely, I would suggest going to http://www.fum.org/about/news/KenyaUpdatesJan08.htm.  There is a January 30^th letter from Eden there. 

Peace.  Martha