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Nadi, Republic of Fiji
___________________A Town Under Water [Updated 26 January
2012, GMT] Please pray for our brothers and sisters there, and for all the people at risk from the flooding.Pray for safety, protection from disease, and courage to rebuild well. Farmers in two separate incidents have been killed by raging rivers. Four others are known to have died during the flooding. Tourists, trapped by the rapidly rising flood waters, had to be rescued by the military. Travel in general has become increasingly difficult, and hundreds of people in villages and towns have been evacuated to shelter on higher ground. Fiji’s National Weather Forecasting Centre is predicting several more days of heavy rain. The torrential rains, in conjunction with the predicted high tide, are expected to make the flooding even more severe.________________ Typhoon in the Philippines [Posted 23 December 2011] On 17 December[Typhoon Washi (known locally as Sendong) hit the Philippines. Brothers and sisters in the Sword of the Spirit have been severely impacted, especially on the main southern island of Mindanao. The communities directly affected are Divine Family of God in the city of Illigan, People of God and Ang Kahayag Sa Dios, both in the city of Cagayan de Oro, and to some extent Ang Buhing Pulon in the city of Malaybalay. Please pray for our brothers and sisters and for all those affected, that the Lord will give them courage and strength in rebuilding. Over 1,000 people have been reported dead, others are missing, and thousands are homeless and at serious risk, especially from water-borne disease. Pray also for the
government and private
relief organizations that their work will be speedy and effective. This
link
from
Reuters
News
Agency provides photos reveal some of the challenges
and
sorrow that abound there. See also the related
news
report from 23
December 2011. Bob Bell, Webmaster |
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Living Bulwark...  Faith Tested by Fire, by John Keating  God's gracious invitation to young people by Phil Morrison  Bethany Association Conference, El Quito, Ecuador - October 2011 ____________________ 23 December 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand: Further Large Earthquakes A series of large earthquakes struck Christchurch, New Zealand during the day and evening today. Roger Foley, Senior Coordinator of the Sword of the Spirit’s Lamb of God community reports: “There have been forty [shocks, and counting] in fifteen hours to 11.00pm, including four big ones of 6.2, 5.3, 6.0 and 5.1. [Click here for seismic detail.] If you click into the latest in the “last 100” file on this link, you should also be able to go down and see the location of the quakes from our home in the Burwood Cluster. “The 6.2 and 5.3 with eight minutes between them really did shake and roll our house. It was quite an experience, enough said. They were powerful, but damage in the city was far less than the big earthquake in February. Today our water and sewer remained intact, and although we lost power for about three hours, it was restored.” See the NZHerald link for local reporting of events. Further distress to homes and nerves, especially for the children, makes life for the brothers and sisters quite difficult. They are staying in close touch with one another in the neighbourhoods. Roger reflected a few days ago in a Christmas letter that through these thousands of earthquakes community members are still "maintaining a hugely committed life in trying circumstances - but at a most basic level, that of love. We do love and we do care about what is happening in our brother’s or sister’s life.” Let’s pray for the Lord to continue to sustain and strengthen them in this very difficult season and give them wisdom for the time ahead. Posted 23
December 2011 |
| Related Sword of the Spirit sites and
articles in other languages from
our
member
communities. Español. La Espada del Espíritu es una red de alrededor de 60 comunidades alrededor del mundo, una ¨comunidad de comunidades¨, que incluye grupos en Latinoamérica, América del Norte, Asia, Europa y el Medio Oriente. Haz click aquí El Señiorio de Jesús para visitar el sitio de la comunidad en Vitoria, España, y aqui Árbol de Vida, el sitio de la comunidad en San José, Costa Rica. Polski. Miecz Ducha to siec okolo 60-ciu wspolnot na calym swiecie, "wspolnota wspolnot" obejmujaca grupy w Ameryce Lacinskiej, Ameryce Polnocnej, Europie, Azji i na Srodkowym Wschodzie. Aby wejsc na strone wspolnoty w Polsce kliknij Miasto na Gorze. Nederlands. Het Zwaard van de Geest is een wereldwijd netwerk van een zestigtal christelijke gemeenschappen, een “gemeenschap van gemeenschappen”’, met onder meer groepen in Latijns Amerika, Noord-Amerika, Azië, Europa en het Midden-Oosten. Klik hier op de link voor de Jeruzalemgemeenschap in België. Deutsch. Schwert des Geistes ist ein Netzwerk von etwa 60 Gemeinschaften weltweit, eine "Gemeinschaft von Gemeinschaften" - einschließlich Gruppen in Lateinamerika, Nordamerika, Asien, Europa und dem Nahen Osten. Bitte klicken Sie hier für den Link auf die Webseite unserer Gemeinschaft in der Nähe von München mit dem Namen Brot des Lebens. Francais. Le Glaive de l’Esprit est un réseau mondial d’une soixantaine de communautés chrétiennes, une « communauté de communautés », avec des groupes de l’Amérique latine, l’Amérique du nord, l’Asie, l’Europe et le Moyen Orient. Cliquez ici pour le site web de la communauté Jérusalem en Belgique. |
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