On Sunday we spent some time here in these memorial gardens. This is where the US embassy stood until the bombing in 1998. It was the first attack by Al-Qaeda against America. The bomb blast was enough to shatter windows for three blocks. The target was the US embassy but it completely destroyed an office block adjacent killing hundreds of innocent Kenyans. We watched an hour long DVD about the attack and it was a moving time. It lead to very in-depth discussion with the boys. Quite a reminder that we live in a crazy fallen world much in need of God's forgiveness and grace.
213 people died on the 7th August 1998 (17 years ago on Friday)
A sculpture using pieces of twisted metal from the bomb site
This is the Corporate Bank building which beside the memorial site. We happened to park almost exactly where the truck was detonated.
Also on Sunday we worshipped at Mavuno Downtown - A granddaughter church of Nairobi Chapel. and afterwards had a wonderful lunch with the founding Pastor (Kyama) and his family.
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