'Mugabe needs to go no matter what... he is evil' Hannah Davies speaks to Rev David Bedford whose recent visit to a church in Zimbabwe has left him convinced Mugabe must go.IN my opinion Mugabe is an evil dictator. I'd put him in the same category as Hitler in terms of how he's operating." Strong words-but the experiences of Rev David Bedford This article is about the musician and composer. For the athlete, see David Bedford (athletics). David Vickerman Bedford (born 4 August 1937 in London), is a British composer and musician. He has written and played popular music as well as classical. , who last month returned from a trip to Zimbabwe, have left him in no doubt as to what needs to happen in the devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. country. "Mugabe needs to go no matter what. Hopefully it will be peacefully but he is an evil man and I don't think force could be ruled out." David, 57, is a vicar at the Trinity Church Trinity is a commonly used name for Christian churches, especially within the Anglican and Russian Orthodox traditions. Trinity Church may refer to:
He first went to Nkulumane, Zimbabwe in 1992 to see the efforts of the local people to build a church. Following the pounds 3.25m redevelopment of Trinity Church it was decided the church should spread their good fortune with others. "We wanted in the light of our good fortune to help another church in its development. "As I had been out to Nkulumane and experienced their efforts to establish a church, we decided it would be ideal to help them in creating their building. "When you say a 'church' in Zimbabwe you mean a gathering of people, not necessarily a building and we wanted to help them get that building." So far over pounds 5,000 has been raised for the Nkulumane church which is being put into a new building. The close links between Trinity and the Nkulumane church led to David and church council member David Lowry flying out to Zimbabwe in June to visit the church, but also to show their support to the community in difficult times. David is David I, king of Scotland David I, 1084–1153, king of Scotland (1124–53), youngest son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Scotland. During the reign of his brother Alexander I, whom he succeeded, David was earl of Cumbria, ruling S of the Clyde married to Lorna, who also works at Trinity Church, Gosforth, they have two children aged 23 and 21. He says: "In 1992, it was a positive experience going to visit. The country was starting to suffer under Mugabe but they didn't have the horrific inflation and the roads were still OK. areas. We did get stopped by the police on a number of occasions. Perhaps if we had gone on our own it would have been a different story but as it was we were accompanied by Zimbabwean countrymen and we had no problems." On arrival David was David Was (born David Weiss, 26 October 1952, Detroit) is, with his stage-brother Don Was, the founder of the influential 1980s pop group, Was (Not Was). Reviewed by The New York Times unprepared for quite how dramatically Zimbabwe had changed. "From the start the difference was obvious, we arrived by a small charter plane instead of the Boeing I'd arrived in previously. Into a temporary terminal which looked like it was going to be permanent." The two Trinity Church members' journey to Nkulumane was in a decrepit de·crep·it adj. Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d car along devastated roads. "We had to stop twice to give the car a rest before we continued on our way. It was in a sad state of repair." They also stopped to buy petrol on their way, a vivid illustration of the dire effects of hyper A Greek work meaning "above" or "more than." It is used as a prefix to technical concepts and products to convey a more advanced or more automatic capability. inflation on the country. David Lowry, 52, a retired Northern Rock worker, explains: "At the time we were there, petrol was EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 1.1bn a litre LITRE. A French measure of capacity. It is of the size of a decimetre, or one-tenth part of a cubic metre. It is equal to 61.028 cubic inches. Vide Measure. , it's since gone up to EUR20bn. "When we were there it took us 20 minutes to count out the money to buy the petrol and the person who was selling it to us another half an hour to check it was all there." The hyper inflation has also affected the donation of money towards building the church in Nkulumane. Trinity Church in Gosforth send out the money to Zimbabwe via Western Union and as soon as it is received, it needs to be spent on materials and labour to beat the inflation. Despite the difficulties the church community in Nkulumane are facing, CAPTION(S): CLOSE LINKS Rev David Bedford preaching in Zimbabwe; SUPPORT David Bedford from Trinity Church who has been to Zimbabwe.; HUGE FAITH David Bedford preaching in Zimbabwe. |
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