Pray for Zimbabwe

I have a bunch of things I could blog about but I have been meaning to write this for weeks so here it is.

Please pray for Zimbabwe. If you have never heard of it, Zim is a country in Southern Africa that is currently in a crisis of sorts. It has been ruled for 28 years by the same man, Robert Mugabe, since independence in 1980. Mugabe is 84. You may be surprised to learn that he was just reelected to another 6 year term. Unsurprisingly the election was largely seen as a sham by most of the world.

Under his rule Zim has descended into chaos with a spiraling economy, a dwindling life expectancy and the worst inflation rate in the world. While he likes to blame the western world for his country's problems it is largely understood that his corrupt and violent policies have ruined a once prosperous and hopeful nation.

The victims in all this are the Zimbabwean people who, unless they are supporters of Mugabe, live in constant fear of beatings and retribution by the president's cronies and gangs.

Check out cnn.com or nytimes.com for background and stories on Zimbabwe and then please pray for peace for the people of Zimbabwe. While I am safe from the trouble there it is burdensome to think that only hours away from me such trouble is happening.

Thank you.