If you have not yet heard, Burma has been hit by Cyclone Nargis. The news today was that the death toll has reached more than 22,000. This hits particularly close to home because my father has visited Burma twice in the past year or so, the second time taking Ally with him, and we have had personal letters from several of the people who will be most affected by this disaster.

One man runs an orphanage. He has given up everything, a degree, a good standard of living, to live in a small house in which he looks after as many orphans as he can possibly fit in. His house has been completely destroyed. My father says that many of the believers he has met are in similarly built houses, which do not stand a chance against the wind.

Please pray for God’s provision and help for the people of Burma, many of whom do not have water or electricity at this time.

If you are interested in having e-mail updates on the situation in Burma, please e-mail my father at:

phil [at] tentmaker [dot] org [dot] uk

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