While watching the news early this morning I was struck by the numerous disasters in Asia and rising tensions in the Middle East . The deaths, sickness and disease, homeless, starving and numerous millions of families hurt in one way or another or morning for lost loved ones from these recent events.
Continued rains and mudslides in China , the deluge continues in Pakistan and a school collapsed in northern India from excessive rains. With all these disasters, many have died, more that twenty million affected in Pakistan alone, the short term conditions are deplorable and disease is spreading in Pakistan and may elsewhere as a result of these conditions.
Aid, relief and assistance is needed for all these things and people. In Pakistan alone I have received several reports from inside of Pakistan from pastors that the aid that is coming in is far less than what is needed to even sustain them, but the relief that is coming is not being distributed without discrimination inside of the country. Our hope is that those who are in power will distribute without partiality or corruption to help everyone who needs this relief. Also our hope is that the doors will open for the many Christian aid agencies to be able to go in freely with out restriction to serve, assist, and bring assistance to those in need.
