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COMMUNICATION, FINALLY

Mainah is continuing getting better. I hope the Lord is healing her. She has gained now. Thank you for the money that you sent to Abednicho, he got it though it was when I had already left. I have applied for my new passport which will be out in three weeks time. I used all the money which I had in possession and am left with nothing. I just pray that nothing that will need money will happen. NO FUEL! NO MONEY! God bless you. Agrippa Dube

News from Pastor Agrippa

Greetings again in Jesus name.
Mainah is doing fine though she is still struggling to fully recover from chemotherapy and Bracky therapy that she received. She is going for her reveiw on the 26th September 2008 at 11:30am our time. She was supposed to see the doctor on the 23rd but her passport has not come back from Harare for VISA. We now plan to travel on the 25th September for 26th September. Please pray with us on that day.

Lynn, I have bad news, I lost that computer and the video camera at the same time. My car was broken into and some thugs took my computer and the video camera which were in that bag which you gave me. I real do not know what is happening, this is my second computer and second camera. Please pray with me for that loss.

Love Agrippa

MAINAH IS HOME

September 9, 2008

Mainah is doing well, though she is still struggling with the after effects of chemo therapy and brackytherapy. She is getting better, though at a very slow pace.

We will be back to South Africa again for review on the 23rd September 2008. Please may you again help. I hope we will need about $1200.00 for air tickets going and coming back.

Thank you once more for the help that you have offered so far during these trying times.

God bless you. Agrippa

ANOTHER EMERGENCY

Mainah's Mother has been dealing with tuberculosis for many years. She was hospitalized again recently and has just passed away. Pastor Agrippa and Mainah are in South Africa. They must fly home on Monday and then back to South Africa on Wednesday to begin Mainah's treatment on Thursday.

We will have to use some of the money to pay for her treatment to buy these plane tickets. If anyone can help with this expense of approximately $1200 please contact us immediately.

Yours in Christ Jesus,
Ann Kirkland
National Director
IMPACT MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

LATEST UPDATE

We spoke to Pastor Agrippa late yesterday evening and Mainah is doing well. She has completed her latest round of treatments and has seen the new doctor about the seed implants. She will be entering the new hospital on Friday, August 22. They also must find an apartment close to the new hospital because they do not have transportation.

Please pray as God continues to meet their needs. So far everything has been paid for. The cost of the stay in the new hospital, the cost of the treatment and the cost of a place to stay and living expenses must be met.

Please pray for Mainah daily and pray for Pastor Agrippa as he ministers to his wife and the rest of the family. Pray for someone to minister to him.

Yours in Christ Jesus,
Ann Kirkland

Zimbabwe Economic Situation

Mainah has returned to the hospital for at least 5 more treatments. Please keep her in your prayers. We are not sure that we understand all that is going on. Communication is not always best and Pastor Agrippa's interpretation of what the doctors say sometimes leaves much to be desired.

Pastor Agrippa has returned to Zimbabwe to try to access the money he has in the Zimbabwe bank. The following article explains the present economic situation:

Zimbabwe rolls out new bank notes as crisis bites
Fri 1 Aug 2008, 14:37 GMT

By Cris Chinaka
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe rolled out a new set of banknotes and coins on Friday to ease the impact of a ravaging economic crisis, but for many people the move was merely confirmation that authorities have lost the battle against inflation.
The government of Robert Mugabe started replacing billions of dollars of currency in circulation as inflation spiralled out of control. Official inflation stands at 2.2 million percent, the world's highest.
Zimbabwe central bank Governor Gideon Gono on Wednesday announced that from August 1, the local currency would be re-denominated by removing 10 zeros from a Zimbabwe dollar. The highest note was 100 billion.
"Other than making it easier for us to count and to carry around, our problems have not gone away," said Lameck Chamunorwa as he left a bank after withdrawing Z$200 in new notes.
"It's like we are pretending that things are getting normal when the truth is that they are doing this (introducing the new currency) because we are in a bad state and far from normality," said the 28-year-old shop cleaner.
The new set of notes -- from Z$1 to Z$500 -- will circulate alongside the higher-denominated currency being phased until at the end of the year.
Long queues formed throughout the day as people sought to withdraw money from banks.
Zimbabwe's economic crisis -- also highlighted by chronic shortages of food and fuel, and massive unemployment -- has forced Mugabe to negotiate with the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change in talks expected to usher in a government of national unity.
Critics accuse Mugabe of destroying one of Africa's most promising economies with controversial policies, including his seizures of white-owned farms for redistribution to blacks, and see no hope for the country without a change in government.
John Robertson, a leading Zimbabwean economic consultant, said the new banknotes would have no impact on an economy which has shrunk by almost two thirds over the past decade.
"These are very artificial reforms," he said.
"What the country needs is a change in direction, a change in policies that are affecting local and foreign investment, and real respect for private property rights."
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