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Trio of Disasters Calls for Our Response

October 1, 2009
 
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
 
I come before you again to ask your prayers and support. This time it is for members of our community who have been dealt a terrible blow. This week, as you no doubt are aware, a trio of natural disasters wreaked havoc on the homelands of many of our Conference members.
 
On Sunday, Typhoon Ketsana struck the island of Luzon in the Philippines. At least 246 people perished and nearly half a million others were displaced when flash floods and landslides washed away their homes. The BBC reports that 80% of Manila is under water.
 
Two days later four tsunamis caused by a massive undersea quake crashed into Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga, killing some 147 people and displacing another 32,000. There still are many people unaccounted for, particularly in Tonga, and it is feared that the death toll will go much higher.
 
Then on Wednesday, a major earthquake struck West Sumatra in Indonesia, a country still not fully recovered from the horrific 2004 tsunami.
 
(Read complete article here.)
 
 

Mid-Year Appointments

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