PRAY FOR PEACE THIS NEW YEARS
There is on-going needless bloodshed tonight.
Kenya, Dec 29-31 2007 has seen violence and chaos break out in Nairobi after fraudulent elections. I have several friends who still live in Kibera slum (1 million residents in a 2km square area), the heart of the violence, in addition to Maryknollers (Americans) doing mission work there. Nearly 100 people have already died (as of Dec 31 2007) (over 300 have died as of Jan 5), and the tribal violence continues.
See article on the International Herald Tribune:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/31/africa/AF-POL-Kenya-Elections.php
Moreover, while most of us are also aware of Sudan’s Darfur region, Somalia has become worse than Darfur and grossly deglected by international bodies due in part to Darfur’s high attention in the last 6 months. Yet Somalia continues to live in chaos, violence, and fear due to anarchy since the mid 1990s, which again sparked up in the last couple months, creating a living hell for all people there. Minneapolis - St. Paul has many Somalian immigrants who have come from that violent hell who can undoubtedly would appreciate all the outreach, support, and friendship-building availiable.
Please keep Kenyans, Somalians, Sudanese, and Middle Easterners from Saudi Arabia to Iraq to Afghanistan to Pakistan in your prayers and pray for PEACE around the world, that all people around the world may see the light and say to their leaders who propagate extremism, intolerance, hate, and war of all kinds due to power and economic insentives (”The Military Industrial Complex,” as coined by former pres. Eisenhower): “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! NEVER AGAIN WILL WE KILL ANOTHER!
“WE ARE ONE, BUT WE’RE NOT THE SAME, WE GET TO CARRY EACHOTHER” -from One by U2
“THERE’S NO ONE JUST LIKE ME, YET AS DIFFERENT AS WE ARE WE’RE STILL THE SAME” - from Season Suite by John Denver
December 31st, 2007 at 9:46 am
Love this one. I have been praying for them for a month. And I will keep on doing that.
December 31st, 2007 at 11:42 am
Pete, thank you for your insightful thoughts… you are always challenging me to question my life and asking myself - am I doing enough???? Have a blessed year and safe travel. Please give hugs to each member for me. Jim’s mom
December 31st, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Living in a cosy dorm room in a safe city in a generally stable country makes me often neglect the chaos and miseries in the world outside the shell I am hiding in. Thank you very much for leading me to develop a totally new perspective of life and the world. Your actions enlighten me that everyone can actually do something to help the world to become a better place as long as he or she cares, a belief which is much easier said than done, and encourage me to wipe out the trivial disappointments which blurred my vision and to look further and deeper into the world so that I can understand the ongoing problems and try to be part of the solution. Thank you again.
January 1st, 2008 at 7:26 am
I wanted to travel around the world,but it would be a total sightseeing journey.However, after reading your articles and all your actions, I think there’s more I can do.
Have a good journey in the future!
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October 20th, 2014 at 7:10 am
Thanks for sharing, this is a fantastic post.Thanks Again. Keep writing.