You may have seen this in the news, but then again maybe not. Much of what goes on here in Africa is overlooked by the world. There is a major crisis going on in Zimbabwe, and many lives are being affected in ways we cannot imagine. Here is a short caption from a blog written by one of the other World Racers, Annie Bower.
“ZIMBABWE COLLAPSES,” was the big headline of the South
African newspaper yesterday. Apparently
Zimbabwe has been experiencing horrific inflation with the highest rate in the
world. Economists estimate the inflation
rat to be between 5000 and 9000%. Many
families in Zimbabwe can no longer afford food due to the inflation. In an effort to eliminate the price problem
President Mugabe issued a mandatory price cut of 50% off all goods and services
on Saturday. As a result many Zimbabwe
residents rushed to the grocery stores and gas stations to stock up. Within hours stores were emptied and are not
expected to restock, because producers can no longer make a profit by selling
their goods in Zimbabwe. Many shop
owners have been arrested for not cutting prices and riots have broken out over
bread, oil, and sugar.
away and not connected to me. I would
feel bad for the people that are going through the difficulty and maybe even
pray that they would have food to put on their table. But then, I would probably go about my day
and not think about the people of Zimbabwe until I read more in the newspaper
or saw scenes of chaos on the news.
This is a link to an article about some of the people who are risking their lives to cross into South Africa to escape the hoplessness in Zimbabwe. There are thousands if not millions of people who have been forced to leave their homes in search of a way to survive. Can you imagine what it would be like to watch helplessly as your country and everything you depend on dissolves into chaos? What would you do? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6642619.stm
Please get on your knees and pray for these people. Pray that the church here in South Africa will step up and offer hope to these desperate people. Also pray that God will give the World Racers and opportunity to help them, and also bring them the hope of Christ.
