Earthquake!

We had just turned on the bomber game and were waiting for kick-off when it suddenly got loud. Ben and I thought it was just the kids upstairs above us, but then we knew something was wrong. The whole building was shaking. Ben quickly reacted and brought me under a door frame (I was just panicking so it was a good thing he knew what to do). It only lasted about 25 seconds but it felt alot longer. It was pretty scary because you always think the ground is so solid under your feet and all of a sudden it was like liquid.

 

Afterwards we found out it was a huge earthquake rating 6.3 on the Richter scale, with the second ‘tremor’ we felt afterwards rating at 5.5. CRAZY!  Thankfully no one was hurt that we know of. The YWAM base really had no damage at all which is amazing because it was not built to withstand earthquakes. However, the rest of the islands were not so lucky.

 

They have told us to prepare for a second one so we are waiting and keeping everything off high places. We also made a little video just under the photo section so check it out. This video is only 1:10 seconds but it takes about 5 minutes to load- sorry about that. It will start automatically when it is done loading.

 

On another note:

 

Today the issue is domestic violence. The stats are unbelievable- between 70-90% of women in Pakistan experience domestic violence. Every 9 seconds in the United States a woman is assaulted and beaten. 1.1 million women in Australia have experienced violence by a previous partner.

 

How to Pray: That God would stir His people to raise up the standard for mutual respect in a marriage. That God would raise up men who have mentor others how to be godly husbands and fathers.

 

Remember: prayer changes things!