Just after 8:00 p.m. on August 15, the Gospel Times once again contacted Pastor Liao Haomin, chairman and president of Suizhou CC&TSPM, learning that they were just on their way back to Suizhou after visiting heavily flooded areas in Liulin town and Junchuan town of Suizhou.
Twenty-one people were killed and four others missing as heavy rain battered Central China's Hubei province last week, local authorities said Friday.
Two days ago, Pastor Liao led a group of members from the Zengcheng District Christian Council in Suizhou city, to visit Hedian town with relief supplies. After that, the Suizhou CC&TSPM purchased relief supplies with the raised funds.
After the last Sunday service, Pastor Liao and his eight colleagues visited the hardest-hit areas in Liulin town and Junchuan town, bringing them relief supplies, such as Babao porridge, instant noodles, and some financial aid.
Co-workers of the Suizhou CC&TSPM visit more than ten local Christian families in the two towns. Their houses were significantly damaged, while a sister's house was washed away by the flood, which made her voice hoarse with emotion.
However, the believers in Liulin town witnessed God's protection, care, and guidance during the disaster: a paralyzed sister was transferred promptly at the moment that her bed was floating in the flooding water, and a 90-year-old believer who lived by herself was sent to a nursing home a week before that.
In the face of disaster, the staff also had the same dinner boxes that the victims had at the relief station. In the evening, they bid their farewells to the flood-hit members, wishing each other peace in Christ. The visiting co-workers took the night bus back to the traffic control area and then took the CC & TSPM bus back home.
Pastor Liao said that the Suizhou CC& TSPM and the churches would keep a close eye on the post-flood situation by continuing to offer care and support to the believers with relief materials and belief. They would fulfill their obligations to help the Christian victims overcome the flood disaster, restore and rebuild the damaged homes.
(The article is originally published by Gospel Times, reported by its special contributor on August 16. )
- Translated by Jason Zou
8月15日晚上八点多，福音时报再次联系到湖北随州市基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席、随州市基督教协会会长廖浩敏牧师，得知他们去随州市柳林镇、均川镇的水灾灾区慰问之后，刚刚在返回随州市的路上。
8月13日，廖浩敏牧师带领他所在的随州市曾城区基督教协会去水灾之后的何店镇去探访、送去慰问品。之后市基督教两会积极筹款，采购物资。
8月15日礼拜日聚会之后，廖牧师再次与同工们一行九人代表随州市基督教两会拉着八宝粥、方便面等物资和部分慰问金驱车和辗转乘坐公交车赶往重灾区的柳林镇、均川镇前去慰问、探访。
随州市基督教两会的同工在均川镇、柳林镇和当地的部分信徒进行了联系，探访了十多户信徒家庭。他们的家都不同程度的遭受了灾害，有一位姊妹家的房屋被水冲毁，她的嗓子都哑了。
不过柳林镇的弟兄姊妹们也在灾难中见证了神的保守、看顾和带领，成功的将一位瘫痪在床的姊妹在洪水侵袭、床榻浮起的危机时刻及时转移；一位90岁孤老信徒一个礼拜前就被接到养老院……
此次随州市基督教两会的同工们也是在水灾面前逆行送爱心，他们的晚饭就在救助点与灾民吃一样的盒饭，将市内教会会众的爱心送给受灾的信徒。
傍晚时刻，大家与受灾的弟兄姊妹依依惜别，互相祝福在基督里平安。前去探访的同工们乘坐夜班公交车回到交通管制地段，然后再坐两会的车返回。
廖浩敏牧师表示，随州市基督教两会和教会，将继续关注水灾后的情况，继 续给与信教群众物资的和信仰的关怀和支持，为彻底战胜水灾、恢复、重建家园做出应尽的义务和贡献。
（福音时报特约撰稿人8月16日报道，感谢随州市两会提供的照片）
湖北随州市基督教两会组织同工赴洪涝受灾地区慰问探访
Just after 8:00 p.m. on August 15, the Gospel Times once again contacted Pastor Liao Haomin, chairman and president of Suizhou CC&TSPM, learning that they were just on their way back to Suizhou after visiting heavily flooded areas in Liulin town and Junchuan town of Suizhou.
Twenty-one people were killed and four others missing as heavy rain battered Central China's Hubei province last week, local authorities said Friday.
Two days ago, Pastor Liao led a group of members from the Zengcheng District Christian Council in Suizhou city, to visit Hedian town with relief supplies. After that, the Suizhou CC&TSPM purchased relief supplies with the raised funds.
After the last Sunday service, Pastor Liao and his eight colleagues visited the hardest-hit areas in Liulin town and Junchuan town, bringing them relief supplies, such as Babao porridge, instant noodles, and some financial aid.
Co-workers of the Suizhou CC&TSPM visit more than ten local Christian families in the two towns. Their houses were significantly damaged, while a sister's house was washed away by the flood, which made her voice hoarse with emotion.
However, the believers in Liulin town witnessed God's protection, care, and guidance during the disaster: a paralyzed sister was transferred promptly at the moment that her bed was floating in the flooding water, and a 90-year-old believer who lived by herself was sent to a nursing home a week before that.
In the face of disaster, the staff also had the same dinner boxes that the victims had at the relief station. In the evening, they bid their farewells to the flood-hit members, wishing each other peace in Christ. The visiting co-workers took the night bus back to the traffic control area and then took the CC & TSPM bus back home.
Pastor Liao said that the Suizhou CC& TSPM and the churches would keep a close eye on the post-flood situation by continuing to offer care and support to the believers with relief materials and belief. They would fulfill their obligations to help the Christian victims overcome the flood disaster, restore and rebuild the damaged homes.
(The article is originally published by Gospel Times, reported by its special contributor on August 16. )
- Translated by Jason Zou
Suizhou CC&TSPM Organized Staff to Visit Flood-hit Areas
