After several days of rain we finally had a break in the weather, then last night, the deluge hit. We woke up this morning to the entire lower part of our house (our living room, kids rooms, a bathroom and part of the kitchen) filled with an inch or so of water. At this point, we have been cleaning up for 5 hours and there is still much work to be done. Thankfully, all the floors are tile and the walls concrete, plus the damageable part of our furniture all sits a couple inches above the ground, or we would be in much worse shape!
However, there are many families (the fire department said at least 165 homes are flooded) here in Colonia who are now displaced because of the flooding. Several in the church have need of housing because their homes were flooded. Some have water waist high in their homes. The hardest hit areas are the villas – the extreme poverty areas. There are many children that come to church that live in these areas and many of them lost what very little they had. The government has put up shelters and is providing meals for the displaced families. We are not sure how long this will be available to them but we are thankful for the quick action of the soldiers that were helping the people get their belongings to higher ground.
The people here already have so little and many live in poverty; this must be terribly difficult for them, please be in prayer for them. Pray the Lord will give us clear direction on how to be of help to these families now and after the water recedes. Please be in prayer for good weather, and for the abundant grace of God.
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