As people across the nation continue to grieve the flooding tragedy in Texas, Alabama Baptists are among those who are responding and praying.
Financial gifts given to Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief are being used to help those in Texas who were affected, said Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
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“On behalf of Alabama Baptists, your State Board of Missions has already provided funds for disaster relief efforts in Central Texas,” he said. “Individuals and churches can contribute to this ongoing need, and every dollar given will go to aiding disaster relief efforts.”
At least 100 people have died from the flash flooding that happened July 4 along the Guadelupe River, including 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, a nondenominational Christian camp for girls.
“This is another occasion when breaking news truly breaks our hearts,” Lance said. “To know that more than 100 people have lost their lives leaves all of us grief-stricken, and definitely we are focused on praying for the families during this extraordinarily difficult time.”
Praying for camp staff, campers and families
Candace McIntosh, executive director of Alabama Woman’s Missionary Union, said she has been grieving as the news unfolded from Camp Mystic.
“It’s not just me, it’s the camping family across the nation that is grieving, because we know that burden of responsibility of taking care of little ones and caring for counselors too,” she said.
Alabama WMU’s camp, WorldSong Missions Place, is currently hosting Fuge and CentriKid camps, and the camp’s program director, Mahalia Alexander, said they “are hurting.”
“I can’t even imagine what they’re going through,” she said of those connected to Camp Mystic.
Yesterday Alexander posted a request on Facebook for people to pray for the Camp Mystic campers and their families but also their staff.
“Camp staff are a rare breed. They very likely have spent significant amounts of time in training, running preparedness drills, practicing CPR and walking through every possible scenario,” Alexander wrote. “Now these camp staffers who have just barely entered adulthood will now be plagued with questions of what they could have done better. My prayer is that their faith in the Lord is stronger than the flood waters, because His strength is the only way they will be able to endure this loss.”
To donate to disaster relief efforts in Texas, visit sbdr.org/give.
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