Mozambique Tragedy and Assistance

From: Randy Vick
majvick@gmail.com


Mozambique Tragedy and Assistance

Tragedy In Mozambique Strikes Saints, Too!

Cyclone Idai has wreaked havoc on the nation of Mozambique and also on parts of Zimbabwe and Malawi. There are Restoration Branches in all three of these countries in southern Africa, but three Restoration Branches in Mozambique suffered terrible loss. At least 12 saints are confirmed to be among the dead, including several children and young people and one young Priest.

59 families of saints have lost their homes and many more are suffering for lack of food, shelter and medicine. We are sending oblation funds to assist, but we need your help to bring the kind of meaningful assistance that is needed. Please send your oblation offerings to;

Bishop Carl Cederstrom
1100 West Truman Road
Independence, Missouri 64054

Please earmark your donations, “Mozambique Oblation Fund”.

Please continue to uphold these dear saints in your prayers! This will be a long road to recovery. THANK YOU!!!

EXCERPTS FROM A WASHINGTON POST NEWS STORY

A worrying picture is emerging in which thousands perished between Idai’s landfall Friday and the height of the floods Sunday, before aid agencies had started responding or flown over the area to assess the damage.

The cyclone also set off landslides that killed hundreds in the hilly areas of neighboring Zimbabwe and Malawi. But all that water eventually drained into Mozambique’s coastal plain, where it rose and rose, chasing people up onto roofs and into trees until they could climb no farther.

Many were probably swept away, while others died of exhaustion while stranded. Constant rain has complicated rescue missions, prevented accurate satellite imaging, and kept everyone, from high-level officials to survivors in villages, in an information vacuum.

Name Age Branch

Anabela Joao 35 Matema
Olga Eduardo 34 Matema
Priest Isaqui Albertino 23 Matema
Xavier Jose 24 Matema
Joao Ferao 12 Matema
Yesaya Ndiuzayani 7 Chingodzi
Modesta Albino 18 Chingodzi
Luisa Hennequey 48 Chingodzi
Amando Chaotha 14 Bethsaida Rovubwe
Joyce Jaime 15 Bethsaida Rovubwe
Mateo Gestao 49 Bethsaida Rovubwe
Celano Mesa 25 Bethsaida Rovubwe