{"id":360,"date":"2015-04-28T14:35:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T14:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/?p=360"},"modified":"2015-04-28T14:37:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T14:37:52","slug":"earthquake-devastates-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/earthquake-devastates-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake Devastates Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, April 25, 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Nepal, devastating the capital Kathmandu and surrounding areas. After tremendous aftershocks and second 6.7 magnitude quake, the\u00a0current death toll\u00a0is 3,700\u00a0and\u00a0over 65,000 people injured\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0counts\u00a0expecting\u00a0to rise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptpministries.com\" >People to People Ministries<\/a> is partnering with our IPHC\u00a0work\u00a0in Nepal to assist with the desperately needed relief efforts.\u00a0One of our workers writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026We struggled in the physical aspect of having no electricity, water and\u00a0internet.\u00a0The phone lines were<a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-404 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-2015-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Nepal Earthquake 2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a> also not working for a couple of days and we had problems checking on people\u00a0to see if they were okay.\u00a0We experienced several\u00a0aftershocks and there was fear in the air every time an aftershock occurs. But the Lord has shown his mighty arm upon this nation\u2026We still have no water and electricity but it seems the internet is working well and so now we are setting hearts and our minds to get to work!&#8230;Many have lost their homes and are grieving for lost loved ones. We will start locally here in Kathmandu and in the outskirts but our goal is to bring relief to the totally devastated villages near the epicenter where entire villages have been flattened and there is not even one house\u00a0left standing.\u00a0The need is great for temporary shelters, food and warm blankets.\u00a0We need as much help as we can\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for the people of Nepal and for the many relief <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-403 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-2015-2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Nepal Earthquake 2015 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>workers that will be arriving in the days and weeks ahead. Pray that Christ will be revealed as the Church extends help to those displaced, hurting and grieving.<\/p>\n<p>Will you stand with the people of Nepal in this time of devastation and share the love of Christ? \u00a0Give a contribution TODAY to Disaster Relief 09055D and help the people of Nepal!<\/p>\n<p>Send donations to:<br \/>\nPeople to People\u00a0Ministries<br \/>\nPO Box\u00a0<a href=\"tel:2704020\">2704020<br \/>\n<\/a>Oklahoma City, OK \u00a073137<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or donate online at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/donations.iphc.org\/projects\/disaster-relief\">http:\/\/donations.iphc.org\/projects\/disaster-relief<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">*Photo Credits:\u00a0Ging Bhandari<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, April 25, 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Nepal, devastating the capital Kathmandu and surrounding areas. After tremendous aftershocks and second 6.7 magnitude quake, the\u00a0current death toll\u00a0is 3,700\u00a0and\u00a0over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12,27,26,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world-missions","7":"tag-12","8":"tag-disaster-relief","9":"tag-earthquake","10":"tag-nepal","11":"entry"},"title_es":"","content_es":"","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Ar-5O","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}