Urgent Need!

After spending time with our friends from Zimbabwe over the last few weeks, I have so much to share and update you on re: the need. In short, I have found out that the rain has again filled the dams, which is good news, but the water is dirty and bacteria laden, which is causing much sickness. HOWEVER, it is very apparent that the most pressing issue that Zim faces currently is the food crisis. I have copied here an email that I sent to family and friends re: this desperate need. Please feel free to pass this along to others who might be interested in it....and please, please contact me if you would like to share what you have to nourish the bodies of others who have no other option.

Sent on Tuesday:

Hi guys,
As I sat in my living room yesterday interviewing our friend from Zimbabwe, Peter Sibanda, for a video on the Wells of Life blog (www.wellsoflife.com) , he stated that his family as well as the people of his 28 churches and the hundred orphans that they care for are eating only one meal of porridge every 2 to 4 days. It broke my heart to hear that children are spending so much time hungry there and the thought of sending Peter back to eating every 3 – 4 days is very difficult.

He is leaving the US in one week (Wed 3-20)to return to Zimbabwe and I would like to send him back with as much money as I can to buy food for his family and his people. The time restraints make it challenging, but I am endeavoring to gather funds from corporate as well as personal resources.

100% of any money donated will go straight to an account in a neighboring country where the food will be purchased at a good rate and brought to Zim for distribution to the people. The economy is such in Zimbabwe currently that there is no food left in the stores. And the 1.5 acres where Peter used to grow vegetables to support and feed the many widowed and orphaned by the AIDS epidemic has withered because of the lack of electricity to pump the water from the well, which is 110 meters down. The government is such that it cannot afford to pay even the bills for it’s electricity, so it is nonexistent. The hospitals are closing because there is no medicine left in the country, they cannot operate without electricity and food, and the dr’s and nurses have gone to neighboring countries where they can get paid and feed their families.

Can you please pass this to anyone that you know of that might be interested in donating money to purchase food so that this precious man, his family, and the orphans that he cares for will be able to eat more often that every 3 – 4 days? I wish that I had something to reward the generosity of those who desire to bless him in such a way, but the only compensation that I can offer is that they will be feeding the poor and filling bellies which would otherwise be empty.

Damion and I will personally attempt to match any donations given, thus doubling the effort.

If anyone is interested, please have them contact me at julie@hiscreations.com or (909) 986-8424. We can gladly process pay pal for credit cards, cash, or checks.

With love and hope,
Julie


Thank you for reading this far! Also, I have been able to capture some interviews on video with these men, so that we can understand first-hand the daily struggle that the Zimbabweans are facing currently. It's barely comprehensible to our minds, but we must do something!

PS: Pictures have been scanned and are on their way, and video of the food distribution will be posted soon!