Urgent need for food
I know this blog is supposed to be about photography, but there is something pressing on our hearts that we need to share here. Please read this email that we sent to our family and friends. Thanks for all your love and support (even when we're not talking about photography!)
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 meals only every 3 or 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 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 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 donated money to purchase food so that this precious man, his family, and those 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
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 meals only every 3 or 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 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 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 donated money to purchase food so that this precious man, his family, and those 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
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