What a period...October & November!
On 9th Nov I was at a funeral in Muranga - just less than 90min drive from Nairobi, in solidarity with a friend from high school as she laid to rest her beloved Mother. The ceremony was filled in song and dance (characterized by lots of jumping) from the Church of God congregation adorned in colourful long pleated dresses/skirts and equally colourful headgear. I honestly assumed they were Akorino but seems it is different. Either way, it was sad and I can only imagine what loosing a matriarch feels like....May God rest her soul in eternal peace
Across Kenya, in rural Siaya, another friend from high school was laying her beloved husband to rest. From the live stream, and also press updates, the ceremony was huge and had so many political honchos present. I pray that amidst all the hype around the circumstances of his passing, that for sure justice prevails and her and her family find peace in this whirlwind!
Just days before this, a lady I got to know when we went to Rome for CWA in May 2023 succumbed to cancer...a battle she had fought for 10years! Dear Lord have mercy....she was laid to rest on Nov 6
and while that news was sinking in, another lady, also in the Rome entourage, collapsed and died! ai ai
For sure all this cannot be understood by our mortal minds!
May our Good Lord show himself to all these families as only HE can.
November is the month we remember the faithful departed
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace
Amen
May they rest in peace .Amen
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