Samaritan's Purse: Zimbabwe

SP Zimbabwe staff: Shadrack and Brighton in Mutare

A good friend, Phil Ewert, recently moved from Sudan to Zimbabwe to continue serving the poor with Samaritan's Purse. Before Phil's arrival, Samaritan's Purse did not have a presence in Zimbabwe. Therefore, he is starting all of SP's programs from scratch - an enormous task - in a country in desperate need. Below is a brief background on Zimbabwe and prayer requests from Phil...

"The situation in Zimbabwe has become progressively challenging since the year 2000 with the country suffering from hyper-inflation,culminating in astronomical prices for almost everything and shortages of everything from fuel to foodstuffs. This coupled with anextremely high unemployment rate and the effects of HIV/AIDS (which effects 15% of the population) hasmeant that life has been extremely difficult for Zimbabweans on the past 7 years. The people and Christians of Zimbabwe need our prayers."

Ways you can pray (from Phil):

• Registration Process, that all goes smoothly and quickly
• Wisdom as we start new projects and look for the best place to be working
• Wisdom to hire the right staff
• Pray for the church in Zimbabwe, that the Lord my strengthen it and that His love would be manifest here and now

Here's a photo of Phil, so that you have a face to remember as you pray...

Phil and Simon in South Sudan

"May God be gracious to you and bless you and make his face shine upon you!" Psalm 67:1