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Terlouw, a Presbyterian minister who teaches at a Vineyard Church in Nairobi, said religious leaders' ongoing calls for peace and reconciliation are going to be hard for victims of the violence to accept.

"Right now there is a terrible circle of revenge," he said. "People have seen their houses burned down and their children killed. How are they going to deal with that? … The sad and confusing thing is that there are Christians on both sides. It's difficult to understand that a country this Christian could go through this mayhem."

Terlouw said he believes reconciliation is possible, but not without justice and "the long and painful process of acknowledging and forgiving sin." He is currently working with the African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministry and hopes that the religious leaders and diplomats who assemble in Nairobi this weekend will see the need to pursue a justice-based solution, while also resolving "to sit down together and [decide] to forgive."

This is his prayer, and it is what he and thousands of other Kenyan believers are asking Christians around the world to pray for. "Christians have an answer," said Terlouw. "It's not an easy answer, but it's time to speak out."

In the meantime, said Terlouw, "we just continue to fly."

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