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A Postcard from Kenya

A dorm parent at Rift Valley Academy on coping with the ongoing violence.

Paul Koning | posted 2/01/2008 10:15AM

Rift Valley Academy, a boarding school and branch of Africa Inland Mission International, has been educating missionary kids for more than a century. There are about 450 students at the school. Because ...

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Kevin Devoto

Posted: February 06, 2008 11:20 AM

Kevin Devoto: We feel safe here for the time being, but we acknowledge that things can change quickly. We make plans as we are able, but we also rest in the knowledge that we are part of God's greater plan for this land. I look at our students with amazement. They are handling these events with great calm and a deep confidence in their parents' decision to send them to us. We are all blessed... some more than others. Kevin Devoto

Kim (Akins, RVA'95) Mills

Posted: February 03, 2008 10:18 PM


I know that those of us who had the privileged of attending RVA and having Mr. & Mrs. Koning as staff are continuously in prayer for the school, students, staff, and the surrounding community. I was blessed to have grown up in such a place and with guardians who I knew were there to serve God. Thank you for being there and for letting us know what is happening at our childhood home.

Aunt Beth

Posted: February 03, 2008 4:02 PM


What an encouraging article for us that have neices and grandchildren at RVA. I new when I found out they girls would be there, it is a gift from God. He will lead the staff, faculty, dorm parents to make the best decisions for all of our students. We pray for you all.

Larry

Posted: February 02, 2008 5:01 PM


As Paul describes the "utter trust" the students have in him, I sense the utter trust that he, and the students' missionary parents, have placed in God to protect them and see them through this hard time. May God bless everyone at RVA.

mwd	Posted: February 02, 2008 2:32 PM

I'm happy the children of all those wealthy missionaries are being "catered to" at RVA, Victor. You misunderstand the purpose of the school. I'm thankful for Rift Valley Academy, for the staff there and for those it serves --- missionaries who are putting themselves and their children at risk, thousands of miles from home, in order to bring the gospel of Christ to people all over the continent of Africa. Christ's Atonement is better than tuiton to a boarding school any day of the week.

victor

Posted: February 02, 2008 1:24 AM


FYI. RVA caters to mostly upper Middle class and above families. It is not affordable for an average Kenyan family.

Jonathan

Posted: February 02, 2008 1:04 AM


May God bless the work at this beautiful school. Having visited this school, I can say that the work there is amazing. May God protect the students, faculty, staff, dorm parents, and all involved at RVA and Kijabe as a whole.

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