15,000 Dead & Counting
Falling in the Pacific Rim, the region the Lord just has caused my heart to deeply love, Myanmar/Burma deaths from the cyclone continue to swell. It is heartbreaking to read about & to watch footage of especially in a country that has been & continues to be raped by its own wicked regime/government. There is no adequate infrastructure to handle a problem of this magnitude.
BUT - as soon as I thought that it reminded me of the 2004 tsunami. Mindy & I had the chance to go in to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, a place that had been literally closed off to the outside world for decades. Staunchly Muslim, the utter destruction caused made the government have to open its doors to outside help. Enter Christian disaster relief efforts & a perfect bridge to the Gospel.
Pray that this destruction will be of such a magnitude that it will cause the government to have to open the door to outside aid & help & that Christians would be the first ones in - yes, to improve their physical lives & help them recover, but primarily to testify to the new life that will reconcile them to their God.
BUT - as soon as I thought that it reminded me of the 2004 tsunami. Mindy & I had the chance to go in to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, a place that had been literally closed off to the outside world for decades. Staunchly Muslim, the utter destruction caused made the government have to open its doors to outside help. Enter Christian disaster relief efforts & a perfect bridge to the Gospel.
Pray that this destruction will be of such a magnitude that it will cause the government to have to open the door to outside aid & help & that Christians would be the first ones in - yes, to improve their physical lives & help them recover, but primarily to testify to the new life that will reconcile them to their God.
