COMPASSION FUND/DISASTER RESPONSE
Helping People Across the Globe Impacted by Disasters
YOUR GIFTS RESTORE HOPE
Category 5 hurricane Otis slammed into an unprepared Acapulco, causing catastrophic damage throughout the city and claiming more than two dozen lives. Many more are missing and the city appears to be a disaster zone with crumbled buildings, flooded streets, and debris piled everywhere. Mud slides continue to exacerbate the situation.
Our national partners, missionary on the ground, Ellen Barnett, the children and staff at the children's home Casa Hogar del Niño de Acapulco, and the members of Jesús de Nazaret Acapulco are all safe. However, many of their homes and structures were damaged and/or completely destroyed. Several members of the church are now homeless with little access to food, shelter, and power. Five partner churches sustained damage, some severely. The hurricane tore the roof off one church building. Fortunately, the children's home had minimal damage and the children will be able to live there after some clean-up. However, the devastation to the city’s infrastructure has made it difficult for the children to get food and other supplies.
Thank you for your prayers and support. Your gifts to the Compassion Fund will go toward emergency food, drinking water, and repairs for the ministry buildings in the area, and to other unexpected disasters like this across the globe. You are helping restore hope to people in great need.
*Funds received by MTW as part of a disaster response appeal are used for relief and recovery, construction, travel for response teams, and related needs as well as for longer-term rebuilding and church planting. Exceptionally, when there are unspent funds, they will be used in future disaster and compassion situations.
You can also mail checks to:
Mission to the World
P.O. Box 744165
Atlanta, GA 30374-4165
Please put "Compassion 40043" in the memo line.
Thank you.