All posts tagged disaster

November 24, 2011

Lutherans in Cambodia seek Canada’s assistance

  by James Morgan Our Cambodian Lutheran brothers and sisters in Christ need our help. Severe flooding in recent months has affected over 90,000 families and killed 148 people in the Southeast Asian country, destroying 63,000 homes and 170,000 hectares of agricultural land. Rev. Vanarith Chhim,…

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August 20, 2010

Chilean earthquake recovery underway, “Still much to be done…”

Nearly six months after a catastrophic 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile, the work to restore destroyed towns and disrupted lives continues, thanks in part to donations from Lutheran Church–Canada. Rev. Cristian E. Rautenberg, the recently-elected president of the Chilean Lutheran Church (ELCHI), reports that a special account…

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Chilean Lutherans visit earthquake and tsunami victims

March 18, 2010

Chilean Lutherans visit earthquake and tsunami victims

A long road amidst pain and desolation  March 4, 2010  It’s 9:30 p.m. in Chillan, 13th region of Chile, half an hour after the curfew that has been declared by the authorities as a way of keeping the peace. There are four of us here: Rev….

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Canadian assistance helps Chilean earthquake relief

March 17, 2010

Canadian assistance helps Chilean earthquake relief

WINNIPEG — The president of Chile’s Confessional Lutheran Church (ILCC) is thanking Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) for its recent commitment of $10,000 for earthquake recovery assistance. Rev. Carlos Schumann said in a recent email the church will use the money to provide material assistance and touch…

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March 13, 2010

Earthquakes, tsunamis, storms and floods! How do God’s people respond?

By Rev. Dale Mohr What is the appropriate response to tragedy; to innocent suffering and death? To the more than 200,000 killed in Haiti? To the hundreds of thousands killed in the 2004 tsunami? To the victims of the latest suicide bomb attack? Or the…

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