The Barnabas Foundation...

As you saw in my earlier blog, La Joya was one of four communties completely flooded. (The Hole was flooded too but they are used to it and were prepared.) La Joya doesn't usually get flooded, after all, they are pretty far from the river. But this was incredible.

I just talked to Ingrid, Pastor Ramon's wife, and found out that one of their elderly members was killed. Rafaela was swept away in the water in the middle of the night and her body was recovered miles away. (For those who have worked there, she is the older, wrinkly lady.) Her grandson is still missing. Please remember the people of La Joya and especially our church folks as all of them sustained significant loses, and especially as they grive the loss of their sister in Christ.  

The Hole is experiencing difficulties as well- please keep all of Santiago in your prayers. Pray for wisdom of our leaders as they make decisions abotu the dam. They are talking about opening it again- it is over capacity and they have to balance the need to keep it from breaking and protecting the folks downstream.  They are calling for rain on into Friday. We have had significant rain all day today which is hampering rescue efforts and clean-up.