Pray for Zimbabwe

I know, a lot of places need prayer, but a couple of friends of ours from Zimbabwe have been sending emails about the plight of their nation. Under the leadership of President Mugabe, things are pretty ugly. Below are a few sections of their most recent email.

We are very aware of how much Zimbabwe has featured in the news in the last few months and even that is but a fraction of all that goes on here. A few weeks ago we sent out an urgent prayer request for our nation as it was once again rocked by political violence and unrest. Many people have been arrested and tortured for just wanting to voice their feelings. Prayer meetings have been stopped, people have been abducted from their homes and several people have lost their lives.
Unfortunately I have been unable to take any pictures of the Zimbabwe that has now become common place simply because I would probably be arrested....

Zimbabwe has been marked by political violence, power cuts/outages, inflation and corruption in the last month in record rates. In March the government withheld the 'official' inflation figures, simply because they were just so bad. Let me try and put it into a meaningful setting for you. In January a school exercise book, (the most basic one) was at Z$500 each, in March they went up to $3000 each, by the end of March they were $5000. A few days ago M--- went to go and buy some, because every child who goes to government schools requires a minimum of 10, and they were between $12 - $18000.00 each-!!
In January the $US was trading at Z$3000 :US$1, today it is $24 000: US$1. We are living in very interesting times.
Thankfully the UN has been allowed in to to an actual assessment of food availability this year, and will hopefully be allowed to bring food into the country and distribute it. Rather than having our president telling the rest of the world that we have produced bumper crops and that we have excess food to our requirements. My oh my.
Well I shall close now and with all these things in mind would ask you to be praying for us for the following:

* Please pray for all those in Zimbabwe who are just unable to cope financially at this time. Many people have no food to eat, no clean water to drink, no access to medical help, no employment and certainly no prospects to getting work. Pray that we can be sensitive to the situation and have discernment in helping where we can.

*Please continue to pray for Zimbabwe. Praise God that He is sovereign and in control and so we can walk in confidence knowing that we are in the best place ever (in His hands). Pray for our leaders, pray that they might be convicted of their responsibilities to the people of Zimbabwe and that they would also come to know Christ. Pray that we, the Christians in Zimbabwe would be fearless in standing up for what is right, not bowing to corruption and would be a witness to everyone around us.