Howard Gilman is back in the US

         This is a much shorter account than the ones we had posted until a few minutes ago.  We had posted a series of letters and notes about Gil’s arrest, sentencing, conversations, etc. as he was packing five years into two suitcases in preparation to being deported.  However, we are neophytes in blogging–Ann was  trying to "clean up" the site a bit and the entire posting disappeared!  

         I [Morris] talked with Gil yesterday at his son’s home in Maryland. He sounded in good spirits. He is trying to recover from a serious cold caught while sleeping on a concrete prison floor with 18 other men.  Since he is writing up his entire story–about how angered he became as the police were wantonly destroying entire livelihoods for hundreds [for hundreds of thousands in the entire country] I won’t attempt to recreate the former posting. Suffice it for now– five years of dedicated, self-supporting volunteer service that reached and helped hundreds in Zimbabwe has come to an end because that country’s government is making war on its own people and didn’t want pictures taken of the their callous cruelty.

      We will post his own account when he gets it to us. Meanwhile, you can keep up on events over there by clicking on the various Zimbabwe headings on Related Sites.

[Note: June 24---Gil is not at all well. The trauma has caught up with him, producing ongoing fever, tremors, and sleeplessness.  Pray for him and his return to mental and physical health. ]