Kiumbe thinkings

This is nothing coherent by any stretch of imagination.

I have been recovering in my feelings about the loss of my brother. In some ways I am starting to think that aging is a great privilege that is not afforded all people. Today I am grateful to see how good it has been working with other people, hearing their condolences and knowing that they really care. I am grateful for all the people calling us and reaching out to know how we are feeling. I have just come out from a call from a relative that did not seem to share the same feeling of loss that i currently have. It might not have been a fault of his, but to call me to tell me, just casually that my brother has died, and then go on to ask for my money was a really mean thing. I fell bad at this time. I am planning on going to Kenya, God willing on Thursday. I am grateful that Nkatha is willing to come with me.

Thank you Mercy

I am grateful for Mercy to be able to coordinate a meeting of the family members here and abroad - in Nairobi and Meru. I am able to see first hand how gifted she is coordinating the zoom meetings to get the funeral plans going on. I cannot imagine what Kiumbe's wife Lena must be feeling right now. One week ago she had a loving and caring husband. This man now is being referred to as a body and all the death and dying vocabulary that comes in at a time like this. I deeply wonder what is happening to her.

Feeling of loss

This loss is grevious. I think nothing says you have lost like the way death does. We have a whole science designed to keep us alive. This is the exact purpose of medicine as a science. The body system itself is designed to keep us alive. The white blood cells fight to keep us alive. People will give up everything they have to stay alive. When disease threatens our existence there is nothing we spare trying to fight it. The devil knows this as was reported in his conversation with God regarding Job. The devil pointed out "Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life" (Job 2: 4). Satan was saying people will give everything they have, up to their skin for pay their health. When we lose health, in death - we it sounds much like the ultimate loss.