No Matter What

THE TRAGEDY OF DARFUR continues to break my heart. It is an ongoing genocide that demands much greater attention and intervention. The situation has been ongoing for four years and yet the world community seems satisfied with letting Sudan police itself. The African Union welcomes support from the U.N. and yet the Sudanese government continues to oppose their involvement. What we are witnessing is ongoing slaughter and torture that can be compared to what the the world turned their backs on 12 years ago in Rwanda. To give you some background, I want to share some information from the savedarfur website.

Since February 2003 over 400,000 people have died and over 2.5 million people have been displaced from their homes. Each day, over 500 innocent people die from violence, malnutrition and disease. The people of Darfur experience horrendous crimes, including gang rapes of women and girls, burning of homes and religious buildings, killing of babies, and other atrocities. Despite their efforts to help civilians, relief organizations have been targeted and aid workers have been arrested by the Sudanese government. Today, more than 2.5 million people are suffering from a preventable humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost, but countless more can be saved. Not since the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has the world seen such a calculated campaign of displacement, starvation, rape, and mass slaughter.

Government-backed militias, known collectively as the Janjaweed, have systematically eliminated entire communities and continue to do so. Government air strikes frequently precede these vicious militia raids. Villages are razed; women, men, and children are raped, tortured, and murdered. The Janjaweed also target and destroy Darfurian food and water supplies, threatening the victim’s chance for survival. These people are being deprived of their humanity.

Pray ...Get Informed ...Inform Others ...Get Invovled (see http://www.savedarfur.org/) ...Contact your Congressmen and Senators ...Give. We must do something to help those who suffer, and THIS TIME WE CAN. -Craig

Micah 6:6-8
What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?