Some news from far away....

Hi all, generally I write about my own experience, and I do have some things to tell about here in Nicaragua, but I wanted to get the word out about another group of folks who are in danger right now.

Christian Peacemaker Teams are dedicated to going into war torn countries and areas and witnessing and even standing in the way of violence there. When I went to school at Earlham we heard a couple of folks who came to speak about what CPT does and I even considered doing this work myself. I just got an email that the CPT in Iraq has been kidnapped and the kidnappers are threatening to kill them. I find this disturbing and increadibly scary. One of the members of this team has a blog online that folks can access if they are interested. I just read a bit of it, and it is very powerful. The link is: www.waitinginthelight.blogspot.com I would encourage people to read a bit about what this man was doing. As I said, he is currently being held hostage in Iraq. I am going to continue to search out the whole of this story, and will try to keep people updated as I know anything more.