I thought I would quick write an update on here just letting everyone know what has been happening in Guatemala over the weekend. First the Pacya Volcano near Guatemala City has errupted covering many areas with ash and now Tropical Storm Agatha has hit Guatemala, causing mud slides, floods and a giant Sink hole in the city (pictures are all over the internet). I sent an email earlier to Rebeca de Franco, our contact at the Lutheran Hour Ministries office in Guatemala, I wanted to let her know we were praying for them and hoped she was safe. I recieved an email from her a little bit ago letting me know she was safe, as well as the rest of the staff at the office. I'm going to copy and paste her email to this post. She has sent me a couple of pictures showing ash covering the city from the volcano and then there is also a link to see some flooding damage to one of towns near one of the Lutheran Churchs.
Blessings dear friends.
Thank you for your concer about us. Praise the Lord we are fine. The members of the staff are fine too. The volcano sand rain was tremundus in the city The volcano sand rain in the city was tremendus,as you can see in the pictures I´m attaching.
Aprox. 2,000 people were evacuated from 7 small villages around the volcano to shelters that the city hall open to help them.
1924 people people have been evacuated from 7 small villages around the volcano
1,865 people are in seven shelters were located in three municipalities.
4 transferred to medical centers for various reasons from the volcano.
We have another problem: toment Agatha, most all the deparments in our country have inundation problems. Pastor Luis Jasinto form The Resurrection Lutheran church in Gualán send me and e-mail saying that this church is now a shelter to help people whos were living beside the motagua river that grow taking everything. So, some members of this church lost everything they had, also parents of the students of this lutheran school, pastor Jasinto is requesting help; cloth, food and pure water. If your church want to help with some donations please contact us. If you want to sse the pictures that pastor Jasinto sent us, visit this place:
http://www.kodakgallery.com.es/ShareLanding.action?c=3b4hkokdl.1247qk7m9&x=0&y=-2sj8f1&localeid=es_ES
Thank you for your prayers, we need them.
We have another problem: toment Agatha, most all the deparments in our country have inundation problems. Pastor Luis Jasinto form The Resurrection Lutheran church in Gualán send me and e-mail saying that this church is now a shelter to help people whos were living beside the motagua river that grow taking everything. So, some members of this church lost everything they had, also parents of the students of this lutheran school, pastor Jasinto is requesting help; cloth, food and pure water. If your church want to help with some donations please contact us. If you want to sse the pictures that pastor Jasinto sent us, visit this place:
http://www.kodakgallery.com.es/ShareLanding.action?c=3b4hkokdl.1247qk7m9&x=0&y=-2sj8f1&localeid=es_ES
Thank you for your prayers, we need them.
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