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Dear friends,
A few things to pray for.
In the Philippines,
on the island of Leyte there are still about 1000 people
missing after the mudslides. I spent
about 8 years of my childhood on that island.
I have not heard yet if anyone I know has been affected.
Rio Branco, the city where we live in Brazil, is
currently experiencing flooding again.
About this time every year the river rises, and floods the low-lying
areas (where most of our Project Rescue families live). Rain continues to fall in buckets. Over 6,000 families (30,000 people) have been
forced to leave their homes, and are temporarily sheltered in public facilities
and 20 schools. At over 16 meters, the
Rio Acre river is at the third highest level in 30 years.
Project
Rescue re-opened for the new year on Feb. 6. When none of our 22
kids showed up, our staff
decided to drive over to their bairro (neighborhood). That was
when they realized that they “were
all in the water” as Sandra put it. They
were stranded in their houses – little island shacks on stilts.
With their bairro being one of the worst hit
areas, the houses are now filling with water, and the families have
been forced
to evacuate. Sandra, Rodrigo and the
Project Rescue volunteers decided to spend their time helping families
move to shelters. One family, which includes Sebastiana, Josué,
and Paulo, is staying at the Project Rescue facility. Maybe we
should change the name of our
ministry to “Noah’s Ark.”
Several of the churches that we are connected with there
have turned into temporary shelters, with many of the members being flooded out
of their homes.
Pray for physical safety, protection from disease, and
protection from thieves who love to steal power lines and roof tiles. Pray that God would be glorified through this,
and that many would come to know the One who sent the flood.
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