Haiti – a reflection from Florida
Mary Delasin is one of the Synod Hunger Leaders in Florida-Bahamas Synod. This Synod has been instrumental in the Haiti Earthquake response as the companion along with the ELCA of the Lutheran Church of Haiti. I’m sharing a recent note from...
Chile Updated information from companion Synod
The following note was added as a comment to the first Chile Earthquake post. I thought it might be missed as a comment, so am copying here. Peace, Dan. (Daniel Rift, ELCA World Hunger and Diaster Appeal) Note...
Chile Earthquake news update
Chile Earthquake – updated 2/27, 6 pm Eastern Time: Check out the update from Lutheran News Service at: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4461 Material you might want for Sunday morning has now been posted at www.elca.org/disaster Thank you for the prayers and continued...
Chile Earthquake
Unbelievable to wake up this morning to the news of the Earthquake the impending possibilities of impact from a tsunami. As with Haiti and so many other situations, the ELCA has a connection to what is happening. We have two...
And then came the rain…
Wednesday night, Haiti’s capital experienced its heaviest rainfall since the earthquake, a soaking downpour that lasted for several hours. The storm, the second this week, foreshadowed things to come when the rainy season sets in next month. “It has...
Prayers & Hymns in Haiti
It has been one month of suffering since the earthquake in Haiti. In Port-au-Prince and other parts of Haiti, individuals and families affected commemorated the tragedy this weekend. In churches and public spaces tens and tens of thousands gathered to...