Jude 2

Wanted to share an email I received:

Sent on behalf of Annette Taylor, International Harvest Partners Director

Asia/Oceania Urgent News and Prayer Release

Please be in much prayer for our Asia/Oceania Region… Disasters have wreaked havoc over these past few days…

Philippines – hit by major typhoon. Wiped out homes and churches of our COGOP fellowship. No loss of lives that we know of. Our National Overseer, Brother Roger Justiniano, is actively involved in Relief Efforts and clean up, of course.

Samoan Islands – hit by major earthquake and tsunami. Entire villages totally wiped out. We still cannot reach our National Overseer, Brother Asalemo Kuka. He lives in the area that has been hit very hard. Do not have a word as to the loss of lives, churches, homes, etc. at this point.

Indonesia - hit by major earthquake. Do not know the extent of the loss at this time. We have been informed that we do have a church and an orphanage in Sumatra, one of the hardest hit areas by this quake.

Prayers, prayers, prayers, and more prayers are deeply appreciated for this area of our world…

Contributions for the relief efforts in these areas are now being accepted. Churches are encouraged to give through the Harvest Partners Ministry as Level 2 support. Individuals are encouraged to give through the Helping Hand Ministry.

Please make your checks payable to: Church of God of Prophecy.

You must enter in the for section of your check the designated area you are assisting, e.g.

Philippines – Emergency Relief – 2009 September Typhoon

Samoan Islands – Emergency Relief – 2009 September Tsunami

Indonesia – Emergency Relief – 2009 September Earthquake

free wrote:Wanted to share an email I received:

Sent on behalf of Annette Taylor, International Harvest Partners Director

Asia/Oceania Urgent News and Prayer Release

Please be in much prayer for our Asia/Oceania Region… Disasters have wreaked havoc over these past few days…

Samoan Islands – hit by major earthquake and tsunami. Entire villages totally wiped out. We still cannot reach our National Overseer, Brother Asalemo Kuka. He lives in the area that has been hit very hard. Do not have a word as to the loss of lives, churches, homes, etc. at this point.

Since Annette sent that out, Bishop Browder, Asia-Oceania General Presbyter, has spoken to Bishop Aselemo Kuka, Overseer of Samoa, and he reported that... "We finally were able to get through to Bishop Asalemo and everyone is o.k.!! Praise the Lord!

We did have some church people who lost some personal belongings and had house damage but we are just so grateful for the protection over them. Asalemo did lose his computer in the quake. We had just gotten his computer set up and had him online so that he could now communicate and report.

Our Filipino pastor, in American Samoa, reported that things are fine with his people, too, even though the village where the church is located is Leone, where a lot of the damage was.

Please keep praying for all of the Samoan people, as they begin the clean up and work through the grieving process of losing loved ones and their possessions."

Our area (Asia-Oceania) has recently been hit hard, that's for sure!

Our church was able to give to the ministry of Asia/Oceania a few months ago. i think it went to Somoa. very sad!!! we are praying.