A little "shaken up"
First off I want to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers in this time. As many of you have seen and heard, last night around 6:40 Peru was hit with a very strong earthquake. I want to share that I am fine, as well as every person on our team here with MTW. We felt it strongly here in Lima, but not as bad as in Ica, which is about 100 miles south of here. We were all shaken up a bit, but more physically than emotionally.
I was in my room on the second floor with my roommates when it started, and we have on occasion tremors, but this one was a bit different, stronger and longer, and when we realized it wasn't a small tremor, we went out into the street (me carrying my little dog, who was more scared than us). But it kept going. It did feel like "jelly" as I've seen quoted a few times. The 2ish minutes seemed a lot longer. We saw transformers blowing all over the place (Lima is overcast, so we could see various areas affected with the electrical explosions of sorts). Lima was not hit bad in comparison to Ica, but it isn't everyday that you see the earth wave beneath you or cars bouncing or electrical wires like rubber bands. We could feel many aftershocks throughout the night. Many places here in Lima were without phone and electricity.
God is so good. About 2 months ago my friend Mesha and I planned to go to Paracas/Nazca/Ica Peru for a few days of vacation, and we were to be traveling there today. We would have been just outside of the epicenter. One of the hotels near where we'd reserved is completely demolished. Needless to say, we aren't traveling there now for our vacation.
Please keep the area in your prayers. The death toll is rising as is the number of people injured and missing. Among the missing is a family member of the host family I lived with in Arequipa. They've heard from all but him. He is not a believer either.
It is very probable that MTW will be sending a disaster response team down, and I'll probably be a part of that. Please be in prayer for that too. Preparations would be quick, and we'd need to get quick approval through a government or relief aid organization.
I don't understand why, but Skype has been down too, so if you've tried to call, I haven't been able to respond. I was able to get messages this morning, but it has been unavailable since then.
I was in my room on the second floor with my roommates when it started, and we have on occasion tremors, but this one was a bit different, stronger and longer, and when we realized it wasn't a small tremor, we went out into the street (me carrying my little dog, who was more scared than us). But it kept going. It did feel like "jelly" as I've seen quoted a few times. The 2ish minutes seemed a lot longer. We saw transformers blowing all over the place (Lima is overcast, so we could see various areas affected with the electrical explosions of sorts). Lima was not hit bad in comparison to Ica, but it isn't everyday that you see the earth wave beneath you or cars bouncing or electrical wires like rubber bands. We could feel many aftershocks throughout the night. Many places here in Lima were without phone and electricity.
God is so good. About 2 months ago my friend Mesha and I planned to go to Paracas/Nazca/Ica Peru for a few days of vacation, and we were to be traveling there today. We would have been just outside of the epicenter. One of the hotels near where we'd reserved is completely demolished. Needless to say, we aren't traveling there now for our vacation.
Please keep the area in your prayers. The death toll is rising as is the number of people injured and missing. Among the missing is a family member of the host family I lived with in Arequipa. They've heard from all but him. He is not a believer either.
It is very probable that MTW will be sending a disaster response team down, and I'll probably be a part of that. Please be in prayer for that too. Preparations would be quick, and we'd need to get quick approval through a government or relief aid organization.
I don't understand why, but Skype has been down too, so if you've tried to call, I haven't been able to respond. I was able to get messages this morning, but it has been unavailable since then.
posted by Becca @ 6:53 PM
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