Report from Isaac & Emily Mukweyi

Isaac and Emily, from Webuye, are involved in house churches and sent the following report as an email to Tony Dale:

Dear Tony,

We are much previleged especially to write you this mail. God is indeed good and we really thank him and praise his name for what he has already done and for what he is yet about to do.

Last friday the group of over 200 people robbed our house. They had dangerous weapons. They came at night around 1.00am and ordered everyone of us to take out his/her Identification Card to see if there was any kikuyu in the house. By good luck we dint have any kikuyu in our midst. They also wanted to rape the women in the house but one of them asked me if i had ksh 500 for every woman in the house. This would mean failure to have the money guarantees raping. ie they (the women) would be raped if they (the gang group) would not be given ksh 500 each. After that they just began arguing themselves within the house and one of then just asked me to give them any of the money I had. I gave them ksh 5000 and they took our phones plus some blankets and matresses and also took bicycles. They also took 2 bulls. They also went around to the neighbours’ house and raped 12 wives in different families. They fought the men and left them in painful conditions killing ( by slaughtering) 8 kikuyus. We pitied them alot but had nothing to do except praying.

Things were also burnt in My brother Joseph’s house together with his wife Emily Barasa in Nairobi whereby everything in the house was burnt. They were also injured and left in difficult conditions. The police rescued them and took them to hospital. James wife caro plus his son are now camping at the Eldoret police station. She is a kikuyu. We are trying if we can be able to work on it so that he can be escorted by the police to the airport and if possible fly to Nairobi and then go back to Embu. Also my sister Julie was also beaten when she was coming back home from her work ie Izaac’s hotel in Embu. Also james was living in alot of fear. My mother is atleast better. she is now improving and has taken a cup of tea this morning.

We still trust in the lord despite all that for he is the protection we need otherwise we thank God for what he really did to us because we are now alive and living in him. We will continue believing in him and also reach those affected where possible. Infact this is the time the lord has put us together as a team working for the glory of his name and we will continue dwelling in the lord. Also mary mrs martin and emily started a prayer meeting with other women who have been in our house as from 3.00pm to 4.30pm daily.

We praise the lord for his mighty doing otherwise we appreciate the lord’s victory on our side and we believe in him for his word encourages us never to give up regardless of the circumstances and what we might be passing through espaecially in this hard times. May God Really bless you and do you good even as you pray with us at all times.

Yours in the Lord

Isaac & Emily