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South Asia Emergency: Earthquake/Tsunami

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Audio Interviews with Rev. R. Randy Day, General Secretary, GBGM:

Audio Icon Interview Part 1:      Trip to Indonesia

Audio Icon Interview Part 2:      Short Term
     
Needs

Audio Icon Interview Part 3:     Medical, Spiritual,    Emotional, Trauma

Audio Icon Interview Part 4:
     Funding Relief

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United Methodist Bishop Joel N. Martinez (second from right) prays with (from left) the Rev. Henry Leono, pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Willingboro, N.J.; Kyung Za Yim, president of the Women's Division; and the Rev. R. Randy Day, top staff executive of the denomination's mission board. They are standing in front of the building that once housed the first Methodist congregation, established by Leono's brother, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, which was destroyed in the Dec. 26 tsunami.


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Audio Interviews with Kyung Za Yim, President, Women's Division, GBGM:

Audio Icon Interview Part 1:      Medical Care in      Medan
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Audio Icon Interview Part 2:      Relief Camp      Conditions & Needs
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Audio Icon Interview Part 3:       Churches in
      Banda Aceh

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The Revs. David Wu (left) and R. Randy Day of the Board of Global Ministries view damage to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, following the Dec. 26 tsunami that killed thousands in the region. A delegation of mission and communications leaders from the church visited areas of Sumatra, Indonesia, near the epicenter of the earthquake that triggered the waves.

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Interview with Rev. Dr. David Wu, Assistant General Secretary for Congregational Mission Initiatives:

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     Devastation Beyond
     Belief

Audio Icon Interview Part 2:      
     Theological and Spiritual
      Needs

 

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Audio Interviews with Paul Dirdak, Deputy General Secretary, UMCOR:

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Audio Icon Interview Part 1:      Media Challenges,
     Recovery Timeline

Audio Icon Interview Part 2:      How a Tsunami
     Devastates

Audio Icon Interview Part 3:     UMCOR: There
    when others leave

Audio Icon Interview Part 4:
    Scope Disaster and
    Ensuing Recovery

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Paul Dirdak surveys damage Rev. Paul Dirdak surveys the damage in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, following the Dec. 26 tsunami. A delegation of church mission and communications leaders visited areas of Sumatra, Indonesia, near the epicenter of the earthquake that triggered the waves.