Just another day?

      Well today is Kenya's National holiday, where everyone goes out and votes since no one has school or work. There are thousands and thousands of people in all the counties here in Nairobi. We see the lines and lines of people on the news, and status updates from some of our friends who have stood in line ALL DAY to vote. The officials at the poles are checking every one's finger prints for ink to prevent people from voting twice.
          Here at the BMOK (Baptist Mission Of Kenya) compound things are quiet. We all are wondering if this is the calm before the storm. Since everyone is voting today, ballots will be counted overnight and tomorrow. Hopefully we will have a winner tomorrow. In case of a runoff (one candidate has to have at least 51% of the votes) they will push it back until late March or early April. We are praying fervently against this! A runoff can interfere with our plans to go on our mission trips, and also harvest potential violence here. Guess we won't know until tomorrow...
Meanwhile... We are hanging out here at the compound, trying to think of fun things to do. We are planning:

•  a sports day
•  possibly a water day (with sprinklers and water guns..)
• a night of camping to prepare for our trip.
• Movie nights
• Game nights
•  Hide and Seek in the dark 

Or we may just end up baking, cooking, sleeping like most college age students in another country... You never know with us!
Keep praying for peace and for the leadership of this country!