Ten thousand tourists were stranded in Hat Yai. “The water came so fast we couldn’t get much of our possessions upstairs.” “The water was 5-10 feet in different parts of the city.” “I saw my refrigerator floating downstairs in the flood water.” “I couldn’t wait for the city water to come back on so I used dish soap and flood water to clean the marks & mud off my walls and floors.” These were just a few comments of people affected by the flood.
The pastor’s car at HatYai Baptist and the church vehicle were submerged in the flooding. The pastor didn’t have insurance. His car was stripped to the bare metal. In the church’s parking lot, a man using a high powered washer was cleaning the inside of the shell of the pastor’s car.
Church members came and cleaned the inside of the church building. Desks and chairs were warped. Office equipment such as printers, paper, & literature were lost. Wet hymnals and Bibles were spread out to dry.
We were asked to help another missionary couple get and distribute bags of food. Food was brought to HatYai Baptist Church, put in bags and distributed to families near the church. One community on an island where there is a small 4-5 member worship group also got help. The Thai Baptist Association in Bangkok sent 1,000 bags of items to be passed out. During the handing out of bags at the church, the gates had to be shut so that enough aid would be left to give out on a nearby island. On the island, a community government official helped us get food to those most in need. Our 3-day work helped the community. Thank you Southern Baptists for your help through the Disaster Relief Fund!
No comments:
Post a Comment