Morning Mirror Edition 278 - 25/2/2008




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THE POWER OF PRAYER FOR ZIMBABWE

Calling everyone who believes in the POWER OF PRAYER to pray at this CRITICAL time, for GOD to give our country the right Leadership.

Chronicles 2 - 7v14

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and I will heal their land..

Proverbs 29v2

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Please pray for our Continent

PRAYER IN ACTION (IT WILL ONLY TAKE SECONDS)

PRAY TOGETHER :

1. Heavenly Father we pray for mighty repentance.
2. Father we pray for forgiveness for our every sin.
3. We pray that YOUR people's spiritual eyes and ears will be opened.
4. We pray that YOUR people in Zimbabwe and the whole of Africa will be obedient and that you will bless them.
5. We THANK YOU for rain that has already fallen and that you will send enough rain in places that so need it.
6. Also that YOU may protect all innocent Zimbabweans and the people of Africa from all the violence in our continent.
7. And for a positive change in Africa
8. We pray for every victim of War, Crime, Women and Child abuse, Alcohol and Drug abuse amongst our youth, Poverty, HIV & AIDS Pandemic

We pray all this in the mighty name of JESUS. Amen




CONGRATULATIONS



Siobhan and Marco Miniette are delighted to announce the safe arrival of Dario John in Durban on the 18th February 2008 at 13.30 weighing in at 3.6kgs. Parents survived and grandparents are over the moon!

JTighe@ STJAMES.IE
Shaun and Judy Tighe - Ireland


SYMPATHY MESSAGES


MITCH MOON

So sorry Cathy, deepest sympathy to all the family

sandy
sandy.linder@ virgin.net

We would like to convey our heart felt sympathy to Cathy, Ali, Chris and Families on the passing of Mitch

Our love Liz (Norman) Lynda, Brett, Warren and families

I am writing to pass on the sad news that Gail Altman passed away on Saturday after a long struggle with cancer. She had spent her last days in the warmth and comfort of Savyon Lodge where she became a friend to all there. Zimbabwe is richer for the contribution she made to the arts here and she will be sorely missed.

The boys at CBC will be holding a short memorial service for her on Friday, 29 February and we are planning hold a gathering in her memory at the National Gallery in Bulawayo, hopefully on Saturday 8 March at 4pm, still to be confirmed.

She requested a no fuss cremation and her wishes have been fulfilled.

Please pass this e mail on to any who need to know.
Shelley

IN MEMORIAM

Duncan Mercer Matheson

February 15th 2006

In Loving Memory
Patricia

RICHARD ROBERT WEST

OUR DEAREST UNCLE, RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL. SO SORRY AUNTI EMMA ON THE LOSS OF YOUR BEST FRIEND. MAY GOD GIVE YOU THE PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.
TRACEY TOFFA AND FAMILY

MARIA STIEF (NEE MANACAS)

MY SISTER, MY FRIEND, WHAT A SHOCK. WE WERE PLANNING A SURPRISE VISIT, BUT INSTEAD YOU SURPRISED US. I WILL MISS YOU DOLL, THOSE E-MAILS, THOSE CHATS! WHY MARIA, WHY, WE WERE ALL SO EXCITED ABOUT TURNING 40, YOU WERE THE LAST, THEN YOU LEFT. WHY MARIA. MY MOST SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO LUCIANO AND NATASHA, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AT THIS TRYING TIME OF YOUR LIFE.
TRACEY


TIDBITS


Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

- Lance Armstrong




If you have the will to win, you have achieved half your success; if you don't, you have achieved half your failure.

David V.A. Ambrose


To buy a beer (9 million at most sport clubs) with our biggest official banknote (Not bearer cheque) i.e. A thousand dollar bank note,( now worth $1.00) would take a pile 1260 metres high. (Almost our height above sea level) OR 18000 bricks (what we get from the bank as a bundle of 500 notes.)

In volume it would work out to a one metre high block 4 metres long and 3.3 metres wide. A Toyota Liteace load pan would have to be stacked 3.4 metres high. This would give a total vehicle height of approximately 4 metres. You would then probably be stopped for overloading, but to lighten the load you could "slip" the person manning the roadblock a "quick" $4 million (Enough for a loaf of bread as I write) He could, I suppose, "pocket" the money (Large pockets). If he did not trust you, and counted each note individually at the rate of 2 notes per second, you would be there for the next 23 days. At this stage you would now definitely need at least one beer, possibly significantly more. Imagine the barman counting this whilst you get progressively thirstier.

If you built a 3 metre high wall using these bricks you could make it 63 metres long. If you laid the notes end to end, the number of notes to buy one beer would stretch between Harare and Bulawayo three times.

A friend of mine recently returned from the Victoria Falls and during his time there bought a beer, it cost him $65 million dollars (Time, location and price verified, this is no joke, especially about him buying ONE beer) This must be especially appealing to our tourists, especially our local tourists. When the 2010 World Cup happens, how many people are going to be willing to part with ZAR65.

Perhaps I have too much time on my hands, but I think we forget how we have accepted the abnormal situation as normal and do not realise how far we have fallen.

Regards

David




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