Singing Songs, Fixing Hearts: What I Learned About Disaster Recovery

When Ashley Peterson heard about the typhoon barreling toward the Philippines, she knew her upcoming trip wasn’t going to go as planned. Instead of meeting with ministry contacts, she shifted her focus to disaster recovery work. Like many who traveled to the Philippines just after Typhoon Haiyan, Ashley wanted to assist with relief work in hard-hit Tacloban. But she wasn’t able to get there. “I was really upset,” remembers Ashley. “We couldn’t do what I thought we’d come to do.” But then Ashley met a missionary who suggested a different ministry...

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Singing Songs, Fixing Hearts: What I Learned About Disaster Recovery

When Ashley Peterson heard about the typhoon barreling toward the Philippines, she knew her upcoming trip wasn’t going to go as planned. Instead of meeting with ministry contacts, she shifted her focus to disaster recovery work. Like many who traveled to the Philippines just after Typhoon Haiyan, Ashley wanted to assist with relief work in hard-hit Tacloban. But she wasn’t able to get there. “I was really upset,” remembers Ashley. “We couldn’t do what I thought we’d come to do.” But then Ashley met a missionary who suggested a different ministry...

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Philippines Typhoon Disaster Relief

Typhoon Haiyan decimated the Philippines last week. Two million people in 41 provinces have been affected by the typhoon; officials have estimated that 10,000 people lost their lives. We watched, horrified, as whole cities crumbled and villages were swept out to sea. We watched as reports of desperate people looting for food and supplies came in from news sources worldwide. We watched a nation sink to its knees. But we don’t have to watch anymore. We can do something. You can do something. Stay informed. We’ve got teams already in place to meet needs that matter, to help...

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Philippines Typhoon Disaster Relief

Typhoon Haiyan decimated the Philippines last week. Two million people in 41 provinces have been affected by the typhoon; officials have estimated that 10,000 people lost their lives. We watched, horrified, as whole cities crumbled and villages were swept out to sea. We watched as reports of desperate people looting for food and supplies came in from news sources worldwide. We watched a nation sink to its knees. But we don’t have to watch anymore. We can do something. You can do something. Stay informed. We’ve got teams already in place to meet needs that matter, to help...

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