Almost 05

And I'm thinking and praying more than usual. My friend Kamau is in Indonesia, and I am really worried that he may have been a victim in the catastrophe in S.Asia. So far, on the news there are 20,000 people dead. That's so many people. Lives taken, without warning. I can imagine, but it is a terrible thing to think about. I have been praying for my friend, and all those people that I don't know, but he must be close to. This is one of those "Acts of God" that takes life that there is no rationale for, nothing to do but accept it and try to help the living. The loss of life, that scale is hard to imagine. To be honest, I feel in a way selfish asking that my friend be safe when so many people have lost loved ones. Still I know, that it is not wrong, I just pray that those who have passed, pass on to peace.
I am leaving the country in two days, going to a place I have wanted to see since I can remember. Brazil has the largest population of African descendents outside of an African country. If it were an African country it would be one of the larger ones. I'm going to be there for about two weeks. Not enough time to really experience even the smallest part of the place but hopefully enough time to lay a foundation for friendship and my return.

I want to say a little about Xmas. I am a Christian, meaning that I follow Jesus Christ. Christmas has about as much to do with Jesus as the Easter Bunny. I prefer to call this time "the festival of mass consumption". Jesus would not want us to use this time to enrich ourselves and spend a bunch of money participating in and enriching this Babylon, this nest of snakes that we call the us, capitalism. Capitalism is the most anti christian force...well i won't go into more right now, I have give someone a ride and I wanted to get this out of my head before I forgot it.
Peace and Love.