Sudan Famine

In an urgent plea from the senior pastor of the EFC of Sudan, he shares the famine is devastating, there is an extreme lack of food and children are suffering most--asking for your prayerful and compassionate response to this crisis situation.

I greet you in the name of Jesus. The famine in Nagishot is devastating, especially among the refugees recently returning to Sudan. There is an extreme lack of food. It is the children who suffer most. Three years ago, people had enough to eat. But food produce dwindled as droughts became more frequent. Since 2007, there has been drought or a long dry spell every single year. This has had a devastating impact on households across the Nagishot Hills. We are appealing with you brothers and sisters to pray for life-saving emergency aid to our people who are in crisis. May God bless your prayers for the suffering masses!

For more information: Sudan Famine

New EFCA TouchGlobal Crisis Response Center

On Sunday, August 30, the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the new EFCA TouchGlobal Crisis Response Center was dedicated to the Lord in Louisiana.

At the service, a DVD reminded participants of the first few days after Katrina and how the people of God responded. Mark Lewis of EFCA TouchGlobal Crisis Response and Pastor Michael Sprague of Trinity EFC in Covington recounted stories of life-change and God's intervention. State Representative John Schroder shared his observation about faith-based organizations doing what government cannot do and was not designed to do. John Horst (EFCA TouchGlobal) and Sherman McLain (elder of Trinity EFC) led the dedication prayer. Many guests and friends joined the celebration for the day including Vixie Spencer, Liam Brown, Bill and Kathleen Brown, Terry Sistruck and John Gerhardt (Urban Impact) and four special ambassadors sent from Hershey Evangelical Free Church. Hershey EFC sent 340 volunteers to Louisiana to help over the last four years!

Re-Rebuilding After Katrina

EFCA TouchGlobal Crisis Response workers in Louisiana were recently alerted to reports about problems with sheet rock produced in China that must be torn out and replaced where used in home reconstruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Anxious to honor God by providing safe housing for those served, they discovered this faulty product was used in some of the homes and apartments Crisis Response volunteers helped rebuild. While in the midst of researching how many rebuilds may have been impacted, the team has sent out a urgent ask for:

• Prayers
• Volunteers to help with this unexpected extra work load
• Friends who will give funds toward the purchase of materials to replace the old contaminated sheetrock

Please help where you can to continue the work of rebuilding homes and lives in Louisiana.