Philippines Disaster Update: Your Gifts at Work

Pastor Nick Renare of Christ Lutheran Church in Tacloban in the Philippines prays with members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Disaster Response Team, including Rev. Glenn Merritt (left) and Sean Harlow (right) on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford/LCMS

Here’s an update from LCMS Missionary Sean Harlow and the Lutheran Church in the Philippines Disaster Response Team about the distribution of Relief Kit Food Packs to nearly 5000 residents on the island of Leyte in the towns of Mahayag and Tacloban. These kits were made possible through LCMS Disaster grants totaling over $250,000 and the efforts of many LCP church leaders and members who volunteered to purchase, package, transport and deliver these provisions.

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For more information about the Synod’s disaster-response efforts, visit lcms.org/disaster on the Web.