{"id":6639,"date":"2017-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/god-is-with-us-peruvian-mbs-help-neighbours-amid-loss\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T18:39:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:39:51","slug":"god-us-peruvian-mbs-help-neighbours-amid-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/god-us-peruvian-mbs-help-neighbours-amid-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGod is with us\u201d: Peruvian MBs help neighbours amid loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bogot\u00e1, Colombia \u2013 It seems a providential convergence that Mennonite World Conference\u2019s Andean regional representative Pablo Stucky had planned to visit Peru in early April. His previously scheduled meetings with church leaders came shortly after rains inundated the desert region occupied by the MB churches, killing some 100 people and leaving at least 100,000 homes utterly destroyed and 900,000 affected by property damage. While informing leaders from 11 Mennonite Brethren congregations about Mennonite World Conference (MWC), Stucky also had opportunity to provide pastoral care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe date of this visit made it possible also to accompany them in this moment of pain and burden as a result of the loss and damage which they suffered and continue to suffer, which is part of the call of CEAS,\u201d said Stucky. Some 370 families connected to 11 MB congregations were reportedly affected. The MWC volunteer regional representative is also coordinator of CEAS (a project of the Anabaptist churches in Colombia), specializing in trauma response.<\/p>\n<p>On 1 April 2017, Stucky met with 21 pastors and leaders of Conferencia Peruana Hermanos Menonitas, some who had travelled up to three hours. Stucky presented and received questions about MWC, and facilitated their sharing about the aftermath of the floods. And they prayed for each other.<\/p>\n<p>The region has experienced catastrophic flooding before (Mennonite Brethren work in Peru began with relief response to 1983 floods), but the leaders reported this time waters devastated areas previously unaffected. \u201cIt has been an intense experience,\u201d said one leader who saw people swept away in the current. \u201cIt was a time for crying for our neighbours. We have rescued people, trying as much as possible to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not afraid,\u201d one church leader told friends who were concerned about her going out in the storm. \u201cElijah prayed and the rain stopped. I went through knee-deep water to help deliver a baby. The girl was born safe and sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw that the water was about to arrive at my house,\u201d this same woman recounted the moment when she needed to get medicine for her young grandchildren. \u201cLord, you are the angel who encamps around us,\u201d she prayed, and went out without worry. \u201cI have to teach my grandchildren the courage that the Lord gives us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have learned that out of our weakness, we can help others,\u201d said one pastor. All of the members of his small church have lost their farms \u201cand yet we are taking food to people in need. We are happy because we can help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though suffering losses themselves, church members are helping neighbours, sheltering people in church buildings and in the home of the missionaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne week later, the impact of the waters was [still] evident and dramatic: immense amounts of mud; walls made of adobe were dissolved by the river; furniture, mattresses and animals were lost,\u201d says Stucky. \u201cThere was hunger and despair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emergency food is needed as well as long term supplies for destroyed crops that cannot be quickly replaced. Disease-bearing mosquitoes proliferate in the mud and stagnant water. People also need emotional care to minister to the trauma experienced; Stucky plans to return in May to facilitate training and accompaniment in times of crisis and on self-care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for coming and being with us,\u201d the leaders told Stucky. \u201cWe are not alone; God is with us. Today [disaster] has affected us. We can also unite in behalf of other churches that may suffer elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/article\/ways-give\">Click here <\/a>to support the work of MWC regional representatives in making connections with our churches in times of need. MWC regional representatives are part-time volunteers. MWC covers travel expenses to meet with church leaders in their region. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.mbmission.org\/donate\/cdn.php?code=C0140\">Click here<\/a> to support MB Mission\u2019s response to assist Conferencia Peruana Hermanos Menonitas. [Write \u201cPeru\u201d in comments]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Mennonite World Conference release<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bogot\u00e1, Colombia \u2013 It seems a providential convergence that Mennonite World Conference\u2019s Andean regional representative Pablo Stucky had planned to visit Peru in early April. 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