The Philippines and India - strong earthquake and cyclone

Foxnews (October 15, 2013)

"The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippine island of Bohol on Tuesday rose to 93, as rescuers struggled to reach patients in a collapsed hospital. Centuries-old stone churches crumbled and wide areas were without power."


Read more on Foxnews:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/10/14/at-least-4-people-killed-after-72-earthquake-hits-central-philippines/


The Christian Science Monitor:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2013/1015/Philippines-earthquake-Did-Muslim-holiday-save-lives
"But it was noted that the death toll could have been higher if Tuesday wasn't a new public holiday in the Philippines. At the time of the quake, schools and office buildings would normally have been filled. The national holiday is the Muslim holiday known as Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice), which commemorates the willingness of Abraham to follow Allah's (God's) command to sacrifice his son Ishmael."

- Praying for and thinking of a pastor and friend on the Philippines!




Foxnews (October 13, 2013)

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/10/13/massive-cyclone-that-lashed-india-weakens-after-causing-widespread-damage/
"An immense, powerful cyclone that lashed the Indian coast (and inland), forcing 500,000 people to evacuate and causing widespread damage, weakened Sunday after making landfall. --- The storm, the strongest to hit India in more than a decade, washed away tens of thousands of mud and thatched roof huts and sent seawater surging inland. It had slowed significantly overnight, but meteorologists were calling for heavy rains across the state."


This church in India is affected by the cyclone:
http://www.csimin.com/
I got a message and a prayer request; "because of sever cyclone and heavy rains, some of our Gospel Team members lost their homes and Church sheds. Please pray and remember them in Jesus our Lord".

2 Mos. 3:6. "Och han sade: Jag är din faders Gud, Abrahams Gud, Isaks Gud och Jakobs Gud."

Exodus 3:6  "And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”

Luk. 20:38 "Abrahams Gud och Isaks Gud och Jakobs Gud. "Han är inte en Gud för döda utan för levande, ty för honom lever alla."

Luke 20:38 "the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.”

1 Joh. 5:20 "Vi vet att Guds Son har kommit och gett oss förstånd, så att vi känner den Sanne, och vi är i den Sanne, i hans Son Jesus Kristus. Han är den sanne Guden och det eviga livet."

1 John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life."


The Blessing (John Waller)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJJR4F3uqEQ






Photos: KL