MDC-T prayer for cancer fighting Khupe

Headlines, News — By admin on October 3, 2011 1:58 pm

The MDC led by founding President Morgan Tsvangirai held a healing and peace prayer service for Deputy party President and also Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe over the weekend in Bulawayo. Khupe is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer and was several months ago given time off from work.

Speaking at the service Prime Minister Tsvangirai said “We all know these are trying times for her and I thank all of you for standing by her side because we know she is a strong woman who has withstood many tribulations in her life. But above all, we must thank the Almighty God, who continues to bless all of us and who continues to heal our Deputy Prime Minister.”

Tsvangirai said they were at the service to “join and support her in prayer as she goes for her chemotherapy treatment. We thank her doctors in South Africa who continue to work hard to alleviate the pain, but above all, we thank the greatest Doctor of all, the Almighty God. She has made it public that she is suffering from breast cancer and this is what true leadership is all about,” Tsvangirai said.

Tsvangirai said true leadership is about telling the truth and taking the lead in inspiring the people and giving them hope. “True leadership is about withstanding trials and tribulations. And true leadership, like what our Deputy Prime Minister has done, means to be prayerful and to give your life to the Lord. To our Deputy Prime Minister, I want to say our prayers are with you,” the PM said.

Organisers of the event decided to also make it an occasion to pray for peace in the country. “We have fed the stereotype of a violent Africa because of unnecessary wars, conflicts and our desire to mete out violence on political opponents. We have confirmed the negative belief held by Africa’s critics by decimating each other through political violence orchestrated mainly by organs of the State,” the PM said.

“We want to pray against that demon today. And that is why I am happy to join you today in prayer today as we pray for a God-fearing leadership that will work towards achieving peace and harmony in Zimbabwe. A God-fearing leadership that abhors violence and that embraces the spirit of love and togetherness.

“We all want a new era in this country; where knives, machetes, knobkerries, guns and booted feet as instruments of violence and repression are no longer fashionable. As a country, we have been forced to walk the painful road of violence and hatred and we are not prepared to walk it forever more. We have lost relatives. Our homes and property have been destroyed,’ Tsvangirai added.

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