Malawi Floods, Feb 2015
Bryan has just returned from Malawi where he worked with Missionary Bill Johnston and the leadership of the Malawi Assemblies of God to provide food and other donated items to flood victims.
The latest estimates are that over 1 million people have been affected and more than 300,000 have been displaced by the devastating floods caused by heavy rains in Southern Malawi and Mozambique. In one area of southern Malawi they received 39 inches of rain in 4 days! A pastor Bryan met had survived the floods by climbing into a tree with his wife and two small children. They stayed there for 3 days clinging to the branches while they watched everything being swept away. The pastor showed Bryan photos on his phone of neighbors who were wading in the flood waters only to be taken away as he watched helplessly. Tragically, the day after they were rescued by helicopter, their youngest child only 9 months old died from exposure to the elements. They were thankful to be alive but have lost everything they owned. The Malawi Assemblies of God is reaching out to the flood victims, providing food, clothing and plastic sheeting to cover whats left of their homes. Convoy of Hope is providing food and water purification units to victims in the camps as well as those in our churches that have been affected.
