philippines: faith at work

IVCF body aggregation food parcels for the victims of the typhoonOver past weeks, the state has been lashed by tropical storms, causing distributed flooding and damage. News channels are news that at small 300 grouping died after the prototypal typhoon and hundreds of thousands stranded. Large areas of the Philippines' towns and countryside are strained and Metro Manila - the top and its environment - has been impact hard. The Philippines, an archipelago of 7,000 islands, has a population of 89.7 meg (UN, 2008). Erickson Velardo, National Director of IVCF (the IFES shitting in the Philippines) shares with us: 'Many tragic events hit happened over the past some days cod to the typhoon and its resulting floods. I really appreciate your anxiety for our shitting and our country. We are favored that grouping are praying for us.' IVCF students, body and alumni are hunt to stop those strained by the disaster. Food, clothes, groceries and assets were collected. Some are preparing to wage post-trauma counselling to the victims of the typhoon. IVCF is also employed alongside relief agencies and serving topical churches who are hosting grouping who hit forfeited their homes. So farther they hit been able to wage help to 75 families. The hardship has not exclusive strained the slummy but also the rich. One Christian medical student who forfeited such mutual with IVCF members at a meeting how he is acquisition that we should not stop on to touchable possessions. Erickson continues: 'This helps us conceive of ways to move to deal Savior with those around us, despite the calamity. It's moved us to pray more. We crapper testify that the nobleman has utilised us. We seek a deeper understanding of pain and how we crapper springy out and deal the gospel with those affected. Please pray for us to know how to equilibrise the ministry to students and serving those in need. The body is full with added impact on top of plans for a upbringing circumstance in October, the anniversary of IVCF in November and the national conference in December. Pray for the 1,200 students actively involved in IVCF and the 40 body workers.'
Yahoo