Week of Compassion, the relief and development fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), has responded to a bevy of emergencies in the last week. A destructive tsunami that washed over parts of the Samoan Islands, a typhoon that caused severe flooding in the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia, earthquakes that rattled Indonesia and flooding in the southern United States area of Georgia were among a spate of disasters that Week of Compassion was closely monitoring.
Several members of the First Congregational Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Samoa in Utah, located in Magna, have been unable to contact their families in Samoa because communication lines there have been disrupted by the tsunami and a related earthquake. Week of Compassion is staying in contact with Saitumua Tafaoialii, pastor of First Congregational Church, about the status of the Samoan disaster. To find how to help and more information, visit: www.weekofcompassion.org
