Request for prayers (pastor #2)

A pastor in Nairobi asks for the following prayers (Jan 3, 2008):

• Please pray for my parents, siblings and eldest daughter who had traveled to a part of the country where there was quite a bit of instability and have not yet been able to return home. We’re hoping they can travel tomorrow and that things will have settled down by then (as you can imagine, this is a source of great concern for me).
  
• Pray also for some of our church members who are also trapped in different parts of the country or like ourselves have family members who are in the line of danger
• Pray for peace & stability in Kenya; our stability greatly affects that of the entire eastern Africa region as we are a major trade route; some of our neighboring countries are already experiencing shortages.
• Pray for reconciliation, especially in the rural areas and informal settlements; our politicians have succeeded in polarizing the country to an extent not seen before.
• Pray that God’s people will be salt & light at this critical time, speaking words of peace and reconciliation.
• Pray for capacity for our relief effort; the local Red Cross is already unable to keep up with the scope of the need. Many are displaced from their homes in the informal settlements and rural areas and have camped in churches and police stations