I am sure that by now there are few who haven’t heard about the cyclone devestation in Burma (Myanmar) and the dire need there for aid. According to BBC News:
“Since the cyclone struck on 3 May, aid agencies already in the country have started relief efforts with supplies they had available and by buying from local sources. But they warn that supplies will run out unless more aid is allowed into the country. Christian Aid’s Burma expert Ray Hasan said: ‘Partners are telling that there are outbreaks of disease already. There is no time to lose.’
One of our close family friends made us aware of an opportunity to help in the relief efforts through donations. He is a very trustworthy man, and we have full confidence in his recommendation. He wrote the following in an e-mail earlier this week:
“If you would like to help I can guarantee that contributions through INCOR will have optimal effect with minimum delay, and will pass through Christian hands to the final beneficiaries. Contributions to INCOR, P.O. Box 531, Kent, WA, 98035-0531 will be forwarded 100% to Ethnos Asia and promptly onward to Christians in need inside Myanmar. Please just mark ‘Burma relief’ on the memo line of any contribution check, for which you will receive a tax-deduction receipt in January 2009.”
Disasters and epidemics, as horrific as they are, provide opportunities for Christians to be the hands and feet of Christ. And where one cannot physically go, they can always give.
Matthew 25:35-40
