| The Highway home (roads in the village)
 The following his wife took him to Harare (Zimbabwe Capital
City) to see a doctor who quickly recommended that Kingston
be admitted in Hospital. The following day the doctors
came and told the family that Kingston had Meningitis;
the worst news was that the hospital did not have the medicine
that was needed to treat him. In the meantime the hospital
where Kingston waits is packed with people. One has to
move with care to avoid stepping on patients sleeping on
the floor waiting for treatment that will never come.
What the doctor did was to give Kingston’s family
and church members a prescription to go and find the drug
in drug stores. However with the shortage of key drugs
that has hit Zimbabwe for the past two years the doctor
new very well that the drugs could not be found; even if
they would find the drugs, they will be highly priced beyond
what the family and church could afford. What Kingston
cannot do is afford the US $400 worth of drugs prescribed
by the doctor. Zimbabwe has entered its fifth successive
year of economic decline, which has whittled away the ability
of households to make ends meet. Galloping inflation, now
hovering around 1,200 percent annually, and a scarcity
of foreign currency have crippled the health sector, creating
shortages of drugs, medical equipment and even medical
personnel, who have migrated in search of better salaries
and living conditions.
Rev Kingston Chikoore is still in hospital hanging to his
faith, prayers from his family, friends and church members.
Each day, his wife Nyasha and his two children all girls
(Rudo 9 and Ruvimbo 4) will stand besides Kingston and
helplessly watch him fight for his life. Each day he is
visited by over 100 of his church members who take turns
to pray for their shepherd hoping that God will give him
another chance to” take them to Canaan.”
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On June 26, 2007 Rev. Thomas Muhomba wrote an email to
the AHMEN organization requesting for help with medicine
that Kingston needed. The response has been overwhelming
and our deepest appreciation goes to everyone for their acts
of faith and fruits of hard labor. What we do for ourselves
dies with us, but what we do for others and the world remains
and is immortal. Your acts of kindness will reach Zimbabwe
and speak the language which the deaf will hear and the blind
will see. Thank you for doing it for the least of these.
