Following is a
personal response to my email to Michael Turay regarding how he was doing in
the midst of this Ebola plague impacting his country:
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| Michael and Georgina Turay and children |
I want you to know that we understand your situation on our behalf. We
continue to pray for you that you guys will have time and wisdom to finish the
plan for our structure. Our good God is going to give you all the grace you
need to help us. This is what is going on in our nation right now:
The situation with the Ebola outbreak in our
country is sadly getting worse. The number of cases, especially in the capital
city is increasing consistently, and not getting better. Again, it’s as a
result of people’s attitude toward the epidemic. So many families are being
wiped out, and the common story is, that one of them refused to do what is
advised to avoid contacting the virus, especially the fact that they should not
attend funerals, and not wash dead bodies. Because our culture is full of so
much superstition, like washing the dead body of your relative or loved one,
people would rather risk their lives, than not do that. They believe those dead
persons will give them “good-luck”, and open doors of blessing for them in this
life. In fact, a woman with about 7 children, a practicing muslim, had her
children learn the quran. The imam who was teaching her kids died of Ebola. The
woman went and washed the dead body of the imam, took the water from the dead
body and washed all her kids with it. All of those kids will definitely die.
The latest finding about this epidemic is that most of those infected with the
virus, got it as a result of contacting dead people with the virus. The
situation is so bad that schools continue to be closed, and the prediction is
that it will re-open in March, 2015, which would mean that they only have 2
months in the school year to cover all their work. This is a real disaster for
our educational system. The prize of basic commodities keeps increasing. So
many businesses have closed down, and it really looks like we are losing
control on the situation. The population is losing confidence in our government,
which is also bad news. A hand full of people in authority in our nation do not
want this crisis to come to an end, because they are getting rich. This is how
some of our people are selfish. The hope for us right now is God’s mercy and
deliverance for our nation.
My family and I are well. God continues to be
gracious to us, in keeping us safe and free from the virus. Our heavenly Father
continues to add to our church number, and I am very excited about teaching His
word to His people in our church family. I will by God’s grace finish the book
of Daniel this year, and start teaching the book of Revelation. God is good
indeed!
Bye for now sir.
In Him Alone,
Michael
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