After weeks of relentless rain, the skies opened even wider—three straight days of downpour turned into a torrent. What began as a depression grew into a deep depression, and then a full cyclone. In some areas of South Asia, nearly 14 inches of rain fell in just 24 hours. The region has not seen such devastation since the 2004 tsunami.
June Johnson has been in Germany for the last year, caring for Ukrainian refugees displaced due to the war, but generous partners are allowing her to continue to support the churches still serving the hurting in Ukraine. June says that the local church in Ukraine is showing those in grief and anger, lonely and without, in fear and fatigue, God’s love in tangible ways.
The children, team and staff at CMF’s child sponsorship program in India are all fine by the grace of God, reported sponsorship coordinator Usha recently in an email to all sponsors, and “we are all breathing a sigh of relief.”
Michelle Swai and her sister Megan Moss’s partnership with International Disaster Emergency Service (IDES) is making a big impact in the lives of orphaned or impoverished children in the bush country of Tanzania.
The people in a restricted access South Asian country where CMF serves quickly became desperate for food and basic essentials during the Coronavirus lock-down, so Marketplace team members Mr. and Mrs. L. immediately began looking for ways to help.
The Coronavirus pandemic is drawing some people in Piancó, Paraiba, Brazil, toward spiritual thoughts, and as a result, the church there is growing and bringing new families into a life with Christ, reports the church’s Pastor Tarcisio.
