Global Aid Network Mission Reports

From a June 26 report submitted by one of our ministry partners in Zimbabwe:

Greetings in the name of the Lord.  I trust our good Lord is keeping you strong by His grace.

Two days ago I returned from Zimbabwe. I went there to register a humanitarian development program, and to appoint leaders for this program as well [and others in] our ministry.  We want to help meet the physical and spiritual needs of the suffering people.  In partnership with GAiN-USA, we have been involved in humanitarian projects for the last four years through distributing food, seeds, fertilizers, school materials, and so on.  As a result, the Lord is using our ministry to plant hundreds of churches.

But the condition in the country is not good.  One American dollar is exchanged at 25 billion Zimbabwe dollars.  If you have $40, that is one trillion. I don’t think you can buy even a chewing gum with one billion.  When I arrived at the airport at 9 PM on Sunday, the airport was unusually quiet.  About 40% of the electric [light] bulbs at the terminal are out.  Most of the street lights are not working.  Except for some patrolling police, I did not see people walking in the streets, even in the downtown.

     I was told that groups of youth roam the streets, and if a person is stopped and cannot recite the ZANU-PF slogan or sing the party song the right way, they are put in jail. In some areas, if people are found walking they were forced to attend Mr. Mugabe’s rallies for hours.

The country used to be very beautiful: the purple jacaranda flowers, hard-working and friendly people, one of the best infrastructures in Africa, wonderful climate and fertile soil, best education in Africa, and even Mr. Mugabe was known as one of the best leaders in Africa.

But now, due to rigid policies, wrong decisions, lack of accountability, and arrogance, things have completely changed for bad. Many people live in fear and have lost hope. They are only waiting for God’s intervention. As the people go out to vote (there is nothing to vote) tomorrow, June 27, please pray for God to reign in the country, for peace, and for justice.

Our ministry workers are generally ok except one volunteer and several film-team members who have been put in jail for the night and released because they were stopped in the street for they were not able to recite ZANU’s slogans.

However, God is doing great things. There are many stories of God’s grace to tell. This is just one of them:

Matthew is one of the film team members in Zimbabwe. He planted a church in Hurungwe in 2006 using a film about Jesus. Since then he focused on training and building-up new believers. The people who were trained were then put into eight groups, and each group was asked to plant a church. As a result, 17 more churches have been planted in the area.

Our ministry in Zimbabwe is one of the fast-growing ministries in Africa.