April 16, 2005
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My
heart is heavy for
Ecuador … the situation there right now is grim. Political
crisis. Chaos reigns, and people are unhappy. For a country
of such beauty, with so much potential, and such open people, it
makes my soul ache to see so much frustration and anger, and I feel
helpless, unable to do anything about it but watch and hope that
somehow everything will once again pull together as it always has in
the
past.
Tens of thousands of people (and I do not exaggerate) are marching in protest every day in cities
throughout the country. The presidential palace was surrounded by
concertina wire this past week … armed guards throughout the country
… the block around the Supreme Court was gated off and armed guards
were set about to ensure rioting didn’t enter the court building…I’ve lived through many riots and government overthrows, military coups
and public marches. I’ve seen tanks rolling down the streets and
watched the changing of the guards as one side “wins” over the other
side and the old guard is taken away in a long line of handcuffed
soldiers… I’ve seen mounted police and police in riot gear, and
smelled the tear gas that burned my eyes… I’ve seen the bullet hole
ridden palace walls (they patch them up and paint them over very
quickly) … I’ve planned shopping expeditions that were canceled last
minute due to political uprisings … I’ve had to find different routes
home because of boulders and truckloads of dirt and burning tires
blocking the streets during protests…But I’ve never seen things as bad as they are right now… and it saddens me greatly.
My heart is heavy.
My heart is heavy.
If you pray, now would be a good time to pray for my heart home.
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Comments (1)
Why this unrest? Unfortunately we live in a country that rarely mentions Latin American news so we don’t know what is going on. Maybe you could inform us? This is so sad.