Worry

I'm just sitting here pushing refresh on my email over and over...I was able to talk to Juan and Laura briefly. All the volunteers have gone to Tanzania to wait out the storm. Total chaos has descended; Juan says everyone is carrying knives and machetes, and it's just insane how badly everything has gone to pieces in just 5 days.
The kids are okay, but sad. The volunteers are worried that they will feel like they've been abandoned. Carol is hopefully on her way to Kenya right now so that they won't be so alone. Pauline is in a very fragile state as her uncle was one of the Kikuyu's killed, and her husband David has been injured in the raids. Thankfully they should have enough money to tide them over with food and Juan has also gotten the local police involved in security.
In Bungoma, Liz and her family are still indoors, trying to be patient and pray for peace. Jeff is still stuck in Nairobi. They have no electricity and fresh foods are becoming increasingly hard to find. She sounds very positive and happy and asked about my family (of course) but I imagine the atmosphere is very strained.
I wish I could do something. I wish I was there instead of here just feeling useless and worried.