TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines (BP) -- They chose to return. IMB representatives Carl and Suzie Miller were in another Filipino city when they heard the news that their home in Tacloban City on the island of Leyte was in the path of Typhoon Haiyan. Sustained winds of 195 miles an hour and gusts reaching 235 miles per hour made Haiyan the strongest recorded storm in the world, according to news reports. Called Yolanda in the Philippines, it registered as a Category 5 typhoon, with 25 million … [Read more...]
Typhoon ravages islands of the Philipines
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Missouri Baptists are headed to the typhoon-ravaged islands of the Philippines, and leaders are asking for prayer, future volunteers and funds. Dwain Carter, director of Disaster Relief (DR) for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) and Mike Beasley, a disaster relief “white hat” from Trimble Baptist Church, will leave Nov. 13 for The Philippines joining two Southern Baptists from Texas at the request of the United Nations and the Filipino government. They … [Read more...]
November 2 is Disaster Relief Sunday
JEFFERSON CITY – Nov. 2 has been designated a “Thank You Sunday” for Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers. “This is a day set aside by the North American Mission Board to show support to the thousands of Disaster Relief volunteers across Missouri that pray, give and go anywhere, anytime, anyhow to spread the love of Jesus in the harshest of times,” said Dwain Carter, director of DR for the Missouri Baptist Convention. “These volunteers don’t do what they do for any glory or … [Read more...]
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