part of the turn

I’ve been following the situation in Kenya as closely as possible over the last several weeks, and thankfully the situation seems to be stabilizing. One of the great things about the age that we live in is that we have access to so many sources and voices giving eye-witness accounts of world events. I’ve read many articles and reports on the internet lately and this one stuck me as particularly poignant:

SoulPastor: “In one of the poorer areas of town we came across an unusual sight. Amongst the narrow trails between the houses there were many piles of burnt personal effects outside poor people’s houses. The paths had been cleared of the boulders but these were still strewn along the road side as though in preparation for the next wave of violence. But as we drove behind one house we saw on one pile of ash all kinds of furniture and other personal effects. You couldn’t help wondering why the things had not been burned. Did the youths run out of petrol? Or had they expended their hatred? Or did they maybe break into the wrong house?”