Bridget Is Home in Kenya: A Total Miracle!

(Bridget at her going-away party at our house about a month ago. The graduation cap was photoshopped in with an app! That celebration was all she got here in Japan because of the coronavirus and lack of graduation ceremony at Kanazawa University.)

Dear friends, thank you for praying for my prayer-walking friend Bridget as she attempted to get back to Kenya this past week. She had no choice about when to travel because she just now finished up her master's degree program here in Kanazawa. It seemed to be bad timing, but God worked it out in the end.

When Bridget left Kanazawa last Monday, I started praying--I didn't know at the time what a physical and spiritual battle it would actually be. And after 48 hours of chaos, she made it into Kenya just before they closed the borders even to their own citizens. Bridget is now in a government quarantine facility, escorted by police from the airport, for 14 days, but she will be able to travel to her hometown after that and finally see her family again. When I got the text from her that she had made it, I didn't know the whole story!

Thankfully our mutual friend H in Tokyo was able to help Bridget there before she was finally able to fly out. It was a harrowing account of multiple setbacks and close calls. H has given me permission to share her blog post, Suicide in Japan and The Last Narita Express. And thank God for each miracle along the way.