My Brothers And Sisters In Darfur

Metamorphosis Ministries USA/Int'l

2008-08-17T18:46:00.000-07:00

How would you like to liberate a young girl from the sex slave trade?

How would you like to reunite a boy with his family?

How would you like to give a young woman who was savagely tortured and disfigured by evil men, the chance to have plastic surgery and to live a life without ridicule?

How would you like to give basic medical care to those who have none, to put food on empty tables, to supply clean water to those who thirst, to provide clean clothes to those who are naked and education to children who are without schools?

How would you like to save a child from the fire, a mother from rape and a father from a machete?

How would you like to tell a man who has never known love... he is loved?

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Please show the people of Darfur your love right now!

A Letter To Ancilla

2008-01-05T06:31:00.000-08:00

Thank you for that astounding neo-geneses, Ancilla ...I'm glad that you told me you know the condition in Darfur is more than that ...we're all glad to know that ...but did you ever think that perhaps the people of Darfur have individual feelings and broken hearts and sometimes it might help the reader to understand and feel the pain of the individual as well as understanding the comprehensive scope of the genocide that has been happening for much longer than the Darfur conflict?

And perhaps if there should be someone who may have been there themselves and they read what I have written perhaps they may actually appreciate that there is someone out there who is attempting to see into and feel and have compassion for the individual hearts of the people of Darfur as well as the collective heart of the indigenous African people who have lived there all their lives, who are being slaughtered by the thousands, whose babies are being thrown into the fires, who are being so brutally raped everyday, who are being chopped up into pieces and thrown into the water systems, thereby rendering the water unfit for consumption, whose homes are being torched and burned to the ground, who have no where to turn so the young girls and boys now rely on the sex slave trade for mere survival of their bodies meanwhile they are dying inside and I could go on and on ...so thank you again, Ancilla for bringing to my attention that you're aware that the condition in Darfur is more than that. And ...oh, by the way your little sad face is so cute ...very nice touch, sweetheart ...thank you.

A word of advice: it's never a good idea to insult someone for having the compassion to at least attempt to look at every side of the multi-faceted angles on situation such as this ...this is something about which many of us are very passionate and there is no wrong in the expression of that passion.

Sincerely,

Michele L. Langlo

My Tears On Their Graves

2007-12-27T07:27:00.000-08:00

I once was married to a good man

He was so gentle and kind

He loved me so very much

And I loved him deeply

But we were attacked by the men

Who ride horses and camels and wear white robes

They made my husband watch

While they tore my clothes from my body

And one after the other they violated me

Over and over and over again

They did the same to many others in our village

Which even now is still burning

And then they killed the man I loved so deeply

Never again will I taste his sweet kisses

Or feel his warm embrace

I can no longer lie next to him in our bed

Nor can I make love to him in the quietness, anymore

Instead ...I buried him next to our children

And I water thier graves with my tears

Michele L. Langlo

To Lay His Child To Rest

2007-12-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

I saw a man
Kneeling down
To lay his child to rest

He laid back his head
He cried out loud
And beat upon his chest

His tears fell down
Upon the ground
Why must he face this test

I saw a man
Kneeling down
To lay his child to rest

Michele L. Langlo
Copyright 2007

And It Goes On

2007-03-21T10:22:00.001-07:00

Emotions Run High
Originally uploaded by commonroman.

And so it continues
The shedding of blood
Of innocent lives
And we do nothing
And children die in the fire
And mothers cry and mourn
For their little ones
And we do nothing
And brothers are torn to peices
And sisters are violated
And we do nothing
And fathers are gunned down
Or chopped into
And we do nothing
And the slaughter continues
The bloodiest of all slaughter
Continues
And we do nothing
And it goes on
And it goes on
And it goes on

Michele L. Langlo

A Glimmer Of Hope

2007-01-29T06:45:00.000-08:00

Today, the Associated Press reported that Ghana was elected to chair the African Union over Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir.

Al-Bashir was to be elected president, but the deal rode on the the promise that he would aid peace in Darfur. While a peace agreement was signed in May of 2006, violence has only escalated. Al-Bashir has repeatedly refused UN Peacekeepers to aid the burdened AU troops who are met with contempt by many of the factions involved.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon strongly urged that African leaders end the deadlock that has prevented much needed assistance from UN peacekeeping forces. It appears that perhaps the African heads of state may be open to such action. President John Kufuor of Ghana was elected to chair the African Union by consensus vote.

Michele L. Langlo

Darfur and Beyond - Council on Foreign Relations

2007-01-26T08:29:00.000-08:00

Darfur and Beyond - Council on Foreign Relations

So Tell Me

2007-01-26T07:16:00.001-08:00

Today in Darfur
Originally uploaded by Life in Africa.

So tell me, what will be the cost
When this is over, of all the lives lost
To a kind of violence too horrible to describe
Too atrocious to dream
Too sickening to ponder

And tell me, how does one
Rid themselves of the feeling
Of being overwhelmed by nausia
And the feeling of being drained
Of one's blood that ensues
That causes one's face
To wear the look of death

And tell me, what happens
To the million or so children left behind
Who will carry with them
The memories of mothers
And fathers, sisters
And brothers
Lost to a bloody slaughter
Too evil to forget

Tell me, what do we do
About them, these little ones
Who tremble in the night

Michele L. Langlo

Her Ravaged Heart

2007-01-19T07:04:00.000-08:00

Her downcast eyes
Say it all
The sadness she has seen
Has been too much
It has taken a toll
Too great for words
To tell
Her sad resolve
Is but a shield
To hide her ravaged heart
How I long
To give her love
To comfort her
With a mother's embrace
How I long
To bring her home
Where she may know peace

Michele L. Langlo

Take action and stop the genocide. Visit http://www.unicef.org/childalert/darfur/

Give Them Voices

2007-01-12T13:06:00.001-08:00

Darfur (Taken by Michael Kamber)
Originally uploaded by .Amir.

Give voice to the children
who are terrified, who tremble
in the darkness

Give voice to the mothers
grieving for their children
lost to the violence of the night

Give voice to the man who lays his
family in their graves

Give voice the tears shed
in anguish, the tears that know
no peace.

Give voice to broken hearts and
souls torn to pieces

And silence the madness

Michele L. Langlo

Save Darfur

2007-01-08T08:52:00.001-08:00

save darfur march
Originally uploaded by alanasaurusrex.

You can be involved in bringing peace to a wartorn land where genocide is happening. You can stop the rape of thousands of women and young girls. You can stop the mutilation of men and boys and the slaughter of children.

Please visit http://www.savedarfur.org

and pray.

Little Coffins

2006-12-28T14:52:00.001-08:00

Coffins, Kigali
Originally uploaded by camera_rwanda.

There were little coffins, everywhere
For the little bodies lying lifeless
Waiting for committal to the grave
The little bodies left behind
In a senseless war of hate
Where evil rages with vicious intent
And reckless abandon
We vowed each time
It should not happen
But, it is happening again
And we do not stop it!!!
We do not hear the children cry
For mothers and fathers
Whose blood runs crimson red
And covers the streets
I feel my heart pounding hard
As though it would escape
From my chest
And I pray, I beg God
For Divine intervention
And His undying mercy
And for no more little bodies
In little coffins

Michele L. Langlo

How?

2006-12-26T11:50:00.000-08:00

Time to Protect: DarfurFast at Georgetown
Originally uploaded by Genocide Intervention Network.

How do we not see?
How do we not cry?
How do we not question
The very heart of humanity?
How do we standy by
While the slaughter happens
And not feel the icy chill
Of our blood running cold?
How do we stare
Into the face of the terrified
Into the face of the horrified
And we ourselves are not mortified?
How do we not reach out
To pull these children
From satan's lair
And rescue them
From men sold to darkness

Michele L. Langlo

Sitting By

2006-12-13T07:33:00.000-08:00

Need For Shelter
Originally uploaded by Mocha Club.

How can we sit by and allow this to happen?
How it breaks my heart
How it tears my soul
And fills my eyes with tears
How many more will die today
In a land that knows no peace
Where blood of the innocent
Covers the streets
How I cry out to God
For His divine intervention
For man has not intervened
On his own
Forgive us Father
For we have sinned
We have sinned miserably
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves
We have not loved You with a whole heart
We have not loved the children who lie starving
We have not loved the mother who has been violated
We have not loved the man who was murdered
Who was driven from his home in the black of night
And chopped to pieces in the street
We have not comforted these sick and afflicted
We have not clothed these naked
We have not fed these hungry
We have not given drink to these who thirst
We have not defended these our brothers and our sisters
From the evil that beleaguers them
We do nothing
We let it continue
Oh God, Dear God please have mercy on them
Give them shelter, bring them food and drink for their bodies

Bring the Your Holy Spirit and communion

For their souls

Please have mercy on us
For the sake of Your only, solely righteous Son
Jesus Christ
Forgive us, renew us
That we may delight in Your will
And walk in Your way to the glory
Of Your Holy Name
And rescue these, my brothers and my sisters
In Darfur
Amen

Michele L. Langlo

Closing remarks of self defense

2006-11-01T09:40:00.000-08:00

Nelson Mandela
Originally uploaded by annie_w.

"I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. "

Nelson Mandela
Rivonia Trial
April 20, 1964

Please contact your senators, congressmen and politicians today. Urge them to put pressure nationally and internationally for the deployment of U.N. Troops to Darfur to put an end to the genocide that is taking thousands of lives.

Visit http://www.savedarfur.org for contact information of politicians throughout the nation.

My Prayer Today For Darfur

2006-10-31T14:45:00.000-08:00

Clean water?
Originally uploaded by Mocha Club.

Father
Please bring peace to this wartorn land
Father
Please keep these children safe
Protect them and
Keep them from the hands
Of those who seek their lives
Father
Please give them shelter
From the unthinkable
Atrocities that beleaguer them
Father
Please bring healing
To broken bodies
And gaping wounds
Of ravaged hearts
Father
Bring bread and drink for the body
Bring communion for the soul
Father
Send light
To those on darkened paths
To those who
Have lost their way
And have given way
To sheer and utter madness

Michele L. Langlo

Please visit http://www.lwr.org/emergencies/04/Sudan

Child In The Goz

2006-10-30T13:15:00.000-08:00

dsc_0042
Originally uploaded by aheavens.

I saw a child
Ravaged by the crimes of war
And...ooohhh how..I..longed
To take him in my arms
And keep him safe
How I longed to give him back
The love of a mother
That has been so violently
Ripped away from him
By ruthless men with cruel hearts
Bellicose minds
And souls of darkness
For they have sold themselves
To hate and all that is bad
What must his mother wonder
As she stares from the windows
Of Heaven
What will be her prayer
Of intercession to God
For the gift of love He gave her
Her baby boy
Where does she start
And how long does
That list go on
How I long to give
Comfort and tenderness
To the child
For he is alone
In the world, now
My heart anguishes for him
I wish I could go to him
And make him know
He is loved and...
...He is not forgotten!

Michele L. Langlo

Please visit http://www.savedarfur.org today!!!!

2006-10-27T07:32:00.000-07:00

...the most evil of all wars will rage where hate is allowed to reign and the most violated of all victims will be the ones most innocent.....

In the last three years, in the wartorn region of Darfur, 400,000 people have lost their lives to hate, prejudice, injustice and utter cruelty. 2.5 Million others have been driven from their homes.

Villages are pillaged and burned to the ground. Men are violently murdered, hacked up, their mutilated bodies thrown into the water systems, rendering the water unfit for consumption. Women are gang raped on a daily basis, and sometimes by more than one gang. Children are forced to watch in terror and then subjected to same horrible atrocities. Disease and starvation are way beyond being out of control and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has called it catastrophic.

But when do we go beyond mere words and take action to help these, our brothers and sisters?

The very thing we vowed should never, ever happen again is happening. Another holocaust.

We must stop it!!!!!!

Visit http://www.savedarfur.org .....and pray!!!!!!!