Shooting in the Street

                About three weeks ago, we were awakened at about 1:30am to the sounds of gunfire out in the street. Both Angie and I woke up as well as Emma, but both boys slept through it. I knew immediately what it was when I heard it. There were about eight shots in all. It still happens here sometimes that people will shoot their guns off in the air when they get drunk, or when they’re trying to send a message to someone. So, we tried to convince ourselves that that is what happened and tried to go back to sleep.

                The next morning, Angie took her bicycle to the corner market to pick up a few vegetables and saw some police tape and a place where someone had died around the corner from our house. People in our neighborhood were pretty shook up by it all. We found out that there was a handful of people who were causing some problems the night before and one of them got shot. It sounds like a pretty isolated incident that came into our neighborhood from somewhere else. We haven’t had any more disturbances since, but we have certainly been praying for peace in our little community.

                Through it all, we have met a few Christians who live in our neighborhood. One of the moto-taxi drivers that we talked to told us that he used to study at New Life a while back and that he is a Christian. He also asked us if we were Christians because he said that he could see that we weren’t scared. Another man told us some more details and he told us that he is also a Christian. Overall, there hasn’t been any other sort of crime or violence in our neighbourhood since. For the first couple of nights afterwards, it was on our mind, but lately, it seems to have passed.

                Please continue to pray that our community would experience the peace and the blessings of God. There seems to be more of an openness with our neighbours now, so pray that we use it for the glory of God. Also, please pray for this man’s family. I don't know who this man was, but his family is now missing a part of their family. Please pray that they would have the opportunity to hear the Good News of Jesus through this event.

                Thank you all for joining us in praying. We appreciate you all so very much!

Jason & Angie Prosser