When Disaster Strikes
The news is bleak in the south of Lima. 510 dead. 2,000 injured. 85,000 homeless. 16,000 different families without a place to live. Continued aftershocks and tremors. 600 escaped prisoners. Looting and robbing - both out of greed and desperation. Public squares being used as open-air morgues. Churches, hospitals, offices, restaurants, and homes, now lying in rubble. 70% of the city of Pisco has been destroyed. Newly parent-less children wander the streets in rags and tears.
This Sunday morning at Flamingo Road Church in Lima, we will be taking a break from the "Antology" series in order to focus on Wednesday's earthquake and its devastating aftermath. I will be speaking about "When Disaster Strikes." There are many people in Lima and throughout Peru who right now are afraid, anxious, depressed, paralyzed with fear, and doubtful about God's love, grace and mercy. They are the people we need to reach this weekend, and we will do so.
Even more important than the words I can speak with my mouth, though, are the actions that we at FRC Lima have already taken, and will take, with our hands and feet, in order to bring hope and salvation to the earthquake victims in the south of Peru. This morning we helped fill up a van with rice, sugar, cooking oil, coffee, tea, water, canned milk, canned foods, cookies, and crackers, all bound for Pisco. The shipment will arrive tonight to bring some immediate relief. This Sunday, we want everyone attending FRC Lima to bring as much food, clothing, and medicine as possible for us to deliver to Chincha. On Monday, a group will go to Chincha to deliver all of the aid in person and see the damage up close, and also to help set up a "soup kitchen" that will be able to feed 1,000 people a day. We need your prayers and your financial support - right away - in order to make this happen.
James 2:15-16 (NIV) says, "Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, 'Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,' but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?" Now is the time for FRC Lima to meet the physical needs of those who have been victimized by Wednesday's earthquake. We will do it.
On Sunday morning, one of the songs that the FRC Lima band will perform is "Psalm 91" by Lincoln Brewster. It is perfect for the occasion. Psalm 91:1-2 (NIV) tells us, "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." That is what we cling to, knowing that no matter how hard the earth quakes at our feet, no matter how high the ocean waves crash around us, we will always be able to find shelter in the restful shadow and protective arms of our God.
This Sunday morning at Flamingo Road Church in Lima, we will be taking a break from the "Antology" series in order to focus on Wednesday's earthquake and its devastating aftermath. I will be speaking about "When Disaster Strikes." There are many people in Lima and throughout Peru who right now are afraid, anxious, depressed, paralyzed with fear, and doubtful about God's love, grace and mercy. They are the people we need to reach this weekend, and we will do so.
Even more important than the words I can speak with my mouth, though, are the actions that we at FRC Lima have already taken, and will take, with our hands and feet, in order to bring hope and salvation to the earthquake victims in the south of Peru. This morning we helped fill up a van with rice, sugar, cooking oil, coffee, tea, water, canned milk, canned foods, cookies, and crackers, all bound for Pisco. The shipment will arrive tonight to bring some immediate relief. This Sunday, we want everyone attending FRC Lima to bring as much food, clothing, and medicine as possible for us to deliver to Chincha. On Monday, a group will go to Chincha to deliver all of the aid in person and see the damage up close, and also to help set up a "soup kitchen" that will be able to feed 1,000 people a day. We need your prayers and your financial support - right away - in order to make this happen.
James 2:15-16 (NIV) says, "Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, 'Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,' but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?" Now is the time for FRC Lima to meet the physical needs of those who have been victimized by Wednesday's earthquake. We will do it.
On Sunday morning, one of the songs that the FRC Lima band will perform is "Psalm 91" by Lincoln Brewster. It is perfect for the occasion. Psalm 91:1-2 (NIV) tells us, "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." That is what we cling to, knowing that no matter how hard the earth quakes at our feet, no matter how high the ocean waves crash around us, we will always be able to find shelter in the restful shadow and protective arms of our God.
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