Riots in Townships in South Africa

As I type, situations in townships all over South Africa are unfolding. There are Somalia’s, Zimbabweans, and Malawians that have moved into the country without the proper paperwork and have taken up residents in these townships. The Xhosa’s don’t like them in there because they say they are taking all the jobs away. The reality of it is the Xhosa’s don’t like to work hard and the others do. Beginning last night they began threatening them if they didn’t get out they would begin to harm them and take all their posessions. We have become friends with many of them and feel like our hands are tied behind our backs because we don’t know how to help them. Please pray that God would protect them. Approx. 80 of them go to King of Kings and they are allowing them to come to the church as a safe haven tonight but we don’t know how long it will continue or if it will ever be safe for them to move back in. It costs a lot of money for them to go back to their country which most don’t have. We are being asked for help and don’t know what to do. It is not safe for us to go into the townships because they will know we are helping them. They are desperate for help. All we can do is pray for the Lord to stop this situation before it gets out of hand. I will keep you posted