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Letter from Zimbabwe by John Winter

I reckon that these are the last days of TKM and ZPF. The darkest hour is always before dawn.

We
are all terrified at what they are going to destroy next........I mean
they are actually ploughing down brick and mortar houses and one family
with twin boys of 10 had no chance of salvaging anything when 100 riot
police came in with AK47's and bulldozers and demolished their
beautiful house - 5 bedrooms and pine ceilings - because it was 'too
close to the airport', so we are feeling extremely insecure right now.

You
know - I am aware that this does not help you sleep at night, but if
you do not know - how can you help? Even if you put us in your own
mental ring of light and send your guardian angels to be with us - that
is a help -but I feel so cut off from you all knowing I cannot tell you
what's going on here simply because you will feel uncomfortable. There
is no ways we can leave here so that is not an option.

I ask
that you all pray for us in the way that you know how, and let me know
that you are thinking of us and sending out positive vibes... that's
all. You can't just be in denial and pretend/believe it's not going on.

To be frank with you, it's genocide in the making and if you do
not believe me, read the Genocide Report by Amnesty International which
says we are - IN level 7 - (level 8 is after it's happened and everyone
is in denial).

If you don't want me to tell you these
things-how bad it is-then it means you have not dealt with your own
fear, but it does not help me to think you are turning your back on our
situation. We need you, please, to get the news OUT that we are all in
a fearfully dangerous situation here. Too many people turn their backs
and say - oh well, that's what happens in Africa

This
Government has GONE MAD and you need to help us publicize our
plight---or how can we be rescued? It's a reality! The petrol queues
are a reality, the pall of smoke all around our city is a reality, the
thousands of homeless people sleeping outside in 0 Celsius with no
food, water, shelter and bedding are a reality. Today a family
approached me, brother of the gardener's wife with two small children.
Their home was trashed and they will have to sleep outside. We already
support 8 adult people and a child on this property, and electricity is
going up next month by 250% as is water.

How can I take on another family of 4 -----and yet how can I turn them away to sleep out in the open?

I
am not asking you for money or a ticket out of here - I am asking you
to FACE the fact that we are in deep and terrible danger and want you
please to pass on our news and pictures. So PLEASE don't just press the
delete button! Help best in the way that you know how.

Do face
the reality of what is going on here and help us SEND OUT THE WORD..
The more people who know about it, the more chance we have of the
United Nations coming to our aid. Please don't ignore or deny what's
happening.
Some would like to be protected from the truth BUT
then, if we are eliminated, how would you feel? 'If only we knew how
bad it really was we could have helped in some way'.

[I know we chose to stay here and that some feel we deserve what's coming to us]

For
now,--- we ourselves have food, shelter, a little fuel and a bit of
money for the next meal - but what is going to happen next? Will they
start on our houses? All property is going to belong to the State now.
I want to send out my Title Deeds to one of you because if they get a
hold of those, I can't fight for my rights.

Censorship!----We
no longer have SW radio [which told us everything that was happening]
because the Government jammed it out of existence - we don't have any
reporters, and no one is allowed to photograph. If we had reporters
here, they would have an absolute field day. Even the pro-Government
Herald has written that people are shocked, stunned, bewildered and
blown mindless by the wanton destruction of many folks homes, which are
supposed to be 'illegal' but for which a huge percentage actually do
have licenses.

Please! - do have some compassion and HELP by sending out the articles and personal reports so that something can/may be done.

'I
am one. I cannot do everything, ---but I can do something.. And because
I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I
can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace
of God,
I will do.'