As you may well imagine communication is very poor right now. People are dispersed and impossible to trace where they have gone - many have left the city or are in temporary camps. We are providing information as best we can regarding the sponsored children. The note below has been issued to sponsors and we will provide updates as we have new information.
Dear Sponsor,
Many of you are concerned about the situation here, and if your sponsored children are safe. We don’t know the full extent of the situation, but we can tell you this; many families have fled to the country because of fear from falling buildings, others sleep in groups at campsites scattered throughout the city. This causes another problem many of these campsites have been raided by bandits that scour the streets at night.
As far as we know, three of our people have died one being Gandy who is our Assistant Pastor, as well as Dynise Renard who is in the sponsor program and an unknown 7-year-old boy who is in the church but not sponsored.
Devastation has struck our area. Much of the city is in blackout. As a result the stores that are still standing are closed in fear of riots. We are having trouble securing our basic needs such as water and food, and power for communication. This means we have no way of feeding our children.
Your prayers are needed now more than ever for the situation here. When we learn more of what has happened to our children we will let you know.
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