People of CYM PULSE are helping the victims of the flood in Krimsk city (7/7/2012)

You might have heard about the horrible event that took place on July 7th, 2012 - a flood in Krymsk, nearby villages and some cities on the Black Sea coast, as a result of which Krymsk was almost completely destroyed and about 2000 people died (there are still many people missing, and nobody knows the exact numbers yet) /There are more photos at the end of post/

Some of our friends, members of our Youth Christian Movement PULSE, together with people from our church went to Krymsk the next day after that tragedy happened. They helped those victims of the flood, whose houses were not completely ruined, to clean the buildings and yards, and also just talked to the people who are still shoked and despared, tried to comfort and encourage them.  

The people of Krymsk suffered greatly!.. Some of the houses can still be restored, but most - cannot. Most people are now homeless. They have no clothes, food, drinking water, electricity, gas.   

We will keep going to Krymsk, collect money to buy food, water, clothes and so on, and try to attract more volunteers to help the people there.

The local church in Krymsk was not completely destroyed. Please PRAY for the believers of Krymsk to find strength to help their neighbours together with the volunteers, so that people would see the good hearts and deeds of Christians, glorify God for it and come to know Him even through such grieving circumstances!.. 

"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven"

(Mt.5:16)  

p.s. All of that reminded me the situation that happened with Jesus:

"Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. And Jesus said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? "I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

"Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were {worse} culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem? "I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish." And He began telling this parable: "A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.

"And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?' "And he answered and said to him, 'Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; and if it bears fruit next year, {fine;} but if not, cut it down.'"

(The Bible, Gospel of Luke 13:1-9)

 Most of the pictures are taking by Madi Hayes