Cyclone Fani Hits India as Churches Mobilize
05/03/2019 .Cyclone Fani, the strongest tropical cyclone to hit India in 20 years, made landfall today as the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane. Despite the mandatory evacuations of over 1 million people, fatalities have been reported.
Saddleback members currently bringing Relief and Disaster Trauma Counseling training to churches in Sri Lanka were already scheduled to take the training to churches in Delhi, India on Monday, and now they will be able to counsel on this disaster as well.
Pastor Jeremy Dawson is the leader for Purpose Driven/PEACE in India and South Asia and his church, Covenant Life Church, is one of the churches that will be receiving the training and mobilizing to respond to both tragedies.
Jesus, we pray for those affected by and in the path of Cyclon Fani. Please calm the storm, provide your protection for those in its path, and comfort those who are grieving the loss of loved ones. We know you are Lord over all, and we ask you to bring peace where there is fear and chaos. Amen.
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