Dear Praying Family,

A magnitude 8.0 earthquake hit Peru about 150 miles south of Lima on August 15. Hundreds lost their lives and many thousands lost their homes. Churches from Lima have responded with immediate relief aid including water, food and blankets. The urgency of providing basic necessities is passing as most of the affected area returns to semi-normal. Stores and markets are gradually reopening and electricity and water have been restored in many areas. However, the need to rebuild damaged and collapsed homes and churches remains. Families who lost their homes are still living on the street, in crowded conditions with neighbors or relatives, or in temporary shacks.

We just returned from a second trip south, this time with a group from our church in Lima. We worked on clean up and demolition at our camp near Pisco. The reconstruction effort will take many months and requires substantial resources. It has been very encouraging to see the efforts of other Peruvian churches in helping their brothers in the earthquake zone. You can help as well! We are still working on assessing the damage and formulating a project to rebuild the affected churches and homes. We were in Ica again yesterday meeting with pastors and those believers who lost their homes. You should receive a report with pictures and specific proposals this week. Until then, please visit www.abwe.org or contact ABWE (717) 774-7000 if you would like to contribute to rebuilding churches and providing new, earthquake resistant modular homes for Christians who lost theirs in the earthquake.

In His Hands,

Jonathan, Angela, and Alison Stone

P.S. Alison got her first tooth today! And she started crawling last week! :-)