tanishing my name

This follows my message that I left on your phone yesterday May 6, 2009.

I have received word that you are claiming that I called the INS to get you. Now with all due respect I am saved and this is something I can never do. Please, remember that you started tarnishing my name and character among our Christians by saying that we have kicked you out of Trinity. You used this as a good reason to seek sympathy and get sympathizers and followers to start your Church. My concern is that my name is even now being tarnished and you need to know that if this false allegations does not stop, I will have to take legal or any desirable action to clear my name. I have my dignity and freedom to safeguard if there is need.

John, I am still grieving for the death of my mother and more so because of the way you betrayed my trust in you. Healing will indeed take along time but it will come at the Lords time. You divided our Christians who we had gathered together for six years. You actually did this even after we requested you as a brother in Christ, to be careful not to divide Trinity Church members. For your own selfish ends you went ahead and separated us. Please remember your promise and that of Rev. Munania to me that you won’t do anything to damage our relationship and that of the Church of Christ .

Please inform your members and friends who are spreading the allegations to stop tarnishing my name.

I continue to pray that you may repent and find reconciliation.

In Christ,

Rev. Ngobia Jacob Muiruri

Associate Rector

Trinity Church

a friend.

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. What food might this contain? The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house! The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me." " I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The pig sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. "Be assured you are in my prayers." The mouse turned to the cow and said "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose." So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap alone. That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital , and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock.
To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness. So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a friend.

Be your Own Judge

Dear members, after much thought, we have decided to post in full, the letters addressed to different organizations concerning Rev. Mugo. I want to be as objective as possible. I don't know about you, but the writer seems to have a great deal of knowledge of Kenyan geography. Read all of it below



May 13, 2009
The Rt. Rev. John Herzog, OSA
The American Anglican Church
The Province of The Good Shepherd
680 Albany Post Road Scarborough,
New York 10510
RE: John Mugo Mwangi
Dear Bishop Herzog, I am writing today, sadly, to let you know that things with John Mugo Mwangi continue to disintegrate here in Dallas. He has displayed behavior which is not consistent with gospel values of honesty and integrity. As John has affiliated himself with the American Anglican Church, I am writing specifically to make sure that you are aware of three very serious concerns. (1) John is not a priest in good standing in the Diocese of Thika or any diocese in the Anglican Church of Kenya. Because he is under discipline for good cause, his credentials are invalid for transfer to you or any other Anglican bishop. I have talked personally with John’s bishop, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Gideon Githiga, Bishop of Thika (Kenya), and learned from him that John has been “sacked” from the Diocese of Thika “for issues of pastoral integrity,” that he has been “defrocked,” that he has “caused a lot of harm in the diocese,” that he is “not a man of good character,” and that he is “extremely dangerous.” I told Bishop Githaga that I was going to be sharing these things with you. You may want to contact him directly, via e‐mail, at ackthika@swiftkenya.com, or on the phone, at 011‐254‐7111‐79597. (2) John appears to be violating the terms of his F‐1 student visa. I have been told that John is working illegally at a local convenience store and that he is being paid by the group of people he has gathered around himself. If so, it appears he is not abiding by US immigration laws and regulations. I’m sure you agree that ministers of the gospel should be diligent in abiding by the just laws of the land in which they serve. (3) John continues to cause scandal and division among the faithful here in Dallas. He has sewn much confusion, splitting apart friends and even family members. He has defamed my colleague, the Rev. Jacob Muiruri. Valuable resources have been spent defending Trinity’s ministry against untruth. The name of the Anglican Church has been abused. Part of John’s strategy seems to be to attack Trinity for its association with the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, suggesting that we support liberal theology, gay clergy, etc. Nothing could be further from the truth, yet many have been confused and wounded by the claim.



The Rt. Rev. John Herzog, OSA May 13, 2009 Page 2
Bishop, I am very sorry to have to write you in this way about John’s behavior, but I believe you need to know what is going on. In all due respect, we urge you to take immediate action to prevent further scandal among the flock of Christ. Specifically, we ask you, as the one under whom John says he is operating, to direct John to stop his church plant, to repent of his misbehavior, to submit to church authority (Bishop Githiga), to dismiss his followers (with an apology), and to get back to his studies until such time as he might be restored to the ministry. Please do what you can to help us, Bishop. Jacob has worked very hard for eight years, with the aid of the Holy Spirit, to build this ministry, and it is sad to see it being attacked and destroyed by one we had previously loved and trusted.
Your brother in Christ,
The Rev. William Lovell Rector
Cc: The Rt. Rev. Dr. Gideon Githaga The Rt. Rev. James M. Stanton The Rev. Jacob Ngobia Muiruri John Mugo Mwangi

Lessons for us all

As i write this blog, one of our own, Rev. Mugo wa Mwangi is is sitting in a cell because of trying to make in America like anyone else.
For the people who are new to the events, the idea of moving out and starting his own church made some "leaders" so mad that they did what you may not expect from your fellow Kenyan, writing a letter to immigration department and requesting his deportation.

Those who did this callous act we know them by their names, and i will promise to you as i said before, the sword of injustice swings both ways; and your turn may come too.
As we all know, this merry-go -round called America, life is too short. We tend to meet at uneven bridges from time to time.And unless you are a pretty swimmer, its a damn good idea to leave the bridge intact when you cross over the other side, You may need it too when coming back.
I know some of you are asking; why should i care, it has not happened to me YET.Remember the old poem "First they came…"attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller. It says;
"In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;
And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;
And then... they came for me... And by that time there was no one left to speak up."
Psalms 7:15 Those who dig a hole and scoop it out fall into the pit they have made. (NIV)

We need leaders who are willing to unite us, not divide and rule. We need to call them out by their names, and that is what will save us as KENYANS.
For those who have given your time, money, Thank You