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MEDICAL MISSION SISTERS ASSISTING IN RELIEF EFFORTS IN PAKISTAN

We ask you to join with us in prayer for the 20 million people in Pakistan affected by devastating floods. So far our Sisters are safe, but some of the villages around them are under water. Medical Mission Sisters are involved in relief efforts, especially to families that have started to evacuate the villages near Faisalabad.

Sister Sylvia Strahler, our District Coordinator in Pakistan, writes, “Rescue teams have had difficulty in getting to the victims because of the heavy rains and gushing waters . . . there is a great shortage of food, drinking water, and medicines.”

This week, Sister Sylvia, who is a nurse, traveled with the Caritas health team distributing food items and tents. They began conducting a medical camp on September 2nd. Because much of the agriculture land is under water, many crops have been ruined and prices are already going up. Fodder for animals has also been destroyed, which will affect the poor farmers who depend on their animals for their livelihood.