Praying for Indonesia
My heart goes out to our Malay neighbors in Yogyakarta, Indonesia after a 6.2 earthquake hit the Java islands last Saturday. It’s devastating! As of today, the death toll has jumped to more than 5000, and many more thousands injured and homeless.
Saturday’s quake was the latest misfortune to hit the world’s fourth-most populated country after Islamic militant bombings, bird flu outbreaks and the massive 2004 quake and tsunami. The worst, the Dec. 26, 2004, quake and its resulting tsunami, left some 170,000 people dead or missing around Aceh.
When one’s this far from that tragedy, it can feel like it’s just news. But really, lives were lost, families were separated and it’s never going to be the same again for those who survived young and old alike. So we pray for them, because that’s really the most important thing we can do after we’ve given some aid.
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