Riots in Georgia, please pray
Well, we were warned by the US
embassy that there were soon to be political disruptions in Georgia
with many protests going on. They told us not to worry but just to avoid certain areas of the city.
So on
Friday it started, there was an official protest from the opposition party to the
government which was supposed to only last one day…it is still going on
however. Thousands of people are
gathering for now more than five days of rallying to get the president to
resign. The main street downtown in
front of parliament building has been closed since Friday and has really
disrupted all traffic and made even more gridlock in the metropolitan area,
with about 2 million people population. There has been lots of chaos and
confusion as a result of this.
The group was asking the government to make changes but they
keep adding to their list of demands so much so that they now sound like
terrorists. President Saakishvili is not giving in and will not give an early
election or resign.
There has been increasing rioting in the streets, mob scene
starting fighting against the police, and then the special forces came and
started shooting teargas and threatening to shoot high pressured water to get
the people away. The number of rebels is growing each day now too which started
with a few thousand then 30,000 protesters and I am not sure how many now at
present time.
People are getting scared, wanting to take kids out of
school, or leave the city. It is not
looking good at this time. Please pray
for Georgia! They have made so much progress with the
current president who has done much to help the country economically, socially,
and developing many programs for its good to stay independent from Russia. If things are shaken up now, there is no
telling what will happen to Georgia. We really need your prayers!
Just fyi, we live far from the rioting and are obeying the
warnings of going further downtown at this time, don’t worry. God is good all the time and
will protect us.
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