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From: Himawan Djuhana hdjuhana@cityblessing.org Tsunami Report Update From Ibu Hana Indonesia
Hello friends,
Please read this in its entirety from Hana Ananda. It is long but will be worth your time. Pastor Him Djuhana City Blessing Church Clairmont, California
Dear Partners in Love for Aceh
I appreciate your reading my long report today, God bless you.
Here is the update news of today.
January 4, 2005.
1.John is still in Aceh Indonesia right now, he appeared on our national TV several times
This is what he reported this morning. The Tsunami hit Aceh, Indonesia Sunday, which is a working day for the Moslems, so it was a busy day, resulting about 95% of the local authorities in Aceh killed by the Tsunami, therefore only very few government personnel left, and those who were saved happened to be in other towns for duty when the catastrophe happened. This is one of the reasons, why arrangements for distribution of the relief have become so slow.
The death toll on the TV that says nearly 100,000 does not include the dead that are still on the rivers, (can you imagine, riding in a boat passing through rivers teeming with dead bodies?) The bodies are also on beaches, on plains, in villages, everywhere unburied, We can see almost like what happened in Egypt during the plaques and many verses in the Bible speaks of, "He will strike the kings in the day of His anger, and punish the nation and fill the places with the dead" (Ps. 110:5-6)
The existing wells cannot be used any more because they are filled with dead bodies and seawater, so they must dig new wells for washing and drinking. Gunarti, our engineer, head of Community Development working with Samaritans Purse Bio Filter will go to Aceh to help with water purifier, train the local people and the churches to make their own water filter so that the need can be covered. We see how wonderful Gods provision is. Thank God, for giving us the opportunity to give solution to the most needed thing in Aceh, the clear water project through Bio Filter.
From the report, I heard and saw on the TV. Every night thousands of people leaving Aceh, carrying their babies and children and bundles, running, crying, not knowing where to go, they are so filled with fear, (I quoted the words from the TV).Again what I read in the Bible about what Jesus says, becomes a reality,
"Then there will be strange events in the skies, warnings, evil omens and portent things in the sun, moon and stars; and down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter (people will die of fear and worry- Ind. Translation), because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, for the stability of the very heaven will be broken up" Luke 21:25, 26"
I heard almost 6000 people flee to Medan everyday, so Medan faces another problem, now it is overloaded with people a people staying in tents, and sleeping everywhere.
2. Some days ago, a strong issue of Christianizing people arose, and there was a strong reaction from the Moslems who warn the people not to take any relief, or help from the heathens (they mean the Christians) and the missionaries. People began to feel afraid and hesitant. Our Moslem brother, Muchlisin , who took the picture with Bryan, from CHF, went immediately to Aceh to speak to the people there that this issue is destructive and that they must repent. On 31 December our Moslems brethren were invited by a group of Christian artists , together with top level from the government to celebrate New year together not for celebration, but for Prayer of Repentance , Peace and Reconciliation. We are so happy that this love has spread to West Java.
3. Today, I received an email; forwarded to me from a Moslem who wrote it to counter what the radical Moslems do (we are facing a real spiritual warfare between the light and the darkness). Her email is so interesting that I will quote it here. (I can forward the email in Indonesian)
Sender: Mustikawati@yahoo.com
Date: 01 Jan. 2005
Subject: Hi, Moslems, learn from this Catastrophe!
Arabic address and greeting:
Assalamulaikum wa rahmatu-Ilahi wa barakatuh,
I cried when I saw such great care of the white people, the Jews, the Chinese, even the Indians who are all heathens and idol worshippers, who are often persecuted by the Moslems who have the same religion as me.
I plead to you, all Moslems, learn from today's culture, which is very different from the culture during the time of Prophet Mohammad, who robbed the passing Jews! Let this earthquake and the Tsunami that are so ghastly, and assume it, take it as Gods direction of what we, as the Moslems should do to dedicate ourselves to humanity, disregarding religions, without boasting that our religion is the best and that people from other religions should be destroyed by God.
Look at how all of them help us, wretched people who are disaster - stricken, yet we are shamelessly ungrateful. They are the ones whom we persecute; we close the doors of their churches, We force their Christian schools to teach Islam religion, we burn their churches, We burn their shops, we rape their virgins/girls, we even slander them, accusing them saying that they are the enemies of our religion.
Now, when we are punished by God, they are all united to defend us and to save us, and yet they are the people whom we always hate and treat as our enemies.
Al Quran has led us astray to destroy the idol worshippers who actually have gracious and merciful hearts. Al Quran has deceived us to destroy their innocent idols!!! Why should we hurt their feelings in their belief towards their statutes? Why should we consider them as our enemies because we do not worship their statutes? They do not believe in God, but they never offend nor despise our God, and none of tem has ever destroyed our mosques as what we have done to their churches, temples and their statutes¦.
At this moment when we are mournful because of disaster, attacking us, MUI (The Assembly of Indonesian Moslem) claimed that the ones who go to heaven are only the Moslems, while those who are not Moslems go to hell. Is that our attitude to express our thanks to those who help us by cursing them only because they do not believe in Islam, which we believe.
Have you ever heard the Hindus from India, who also help us now, claim that only the Hindus go to Nirvana and those who are not Hindus go to hell? Never do we hear any evil words spoken towards us, the Moslems just as what we usually say to them. Why should we not pray for the idol worshippers that they may go to the same eternal heaven as we, the Moslems go ?????
Now, just watch on the TV, thousands of people whom you consider as your enemies, and whom you persecute come together only to save our lives, to ease our suffering. They even ignored their New Year Celebration. They give their donation with their strength and their money. The Japanese, the idol worshippers have donated 500 million dollars that excel the Americans donation, which is $350 million dollars. They compete to help us, to bless us and to make us happy, while we always compete to curse them, to mock at them, to slander them, and to persecute them. We danced , we rejoiced when one of our brothers of the same faith purposely destroy WTC building on September 11, 2001, then we slandered that the doer was a Jew, even without any evidence , while the reality proved it otherwise, it was done by our people who have the same religion as we.
Once again, my brethren from the same faith and religion learn from this Judgment of God, that we are not supposed to do so cruelly and inhumanly to them who consider us as their brethren, while we consider them as our enemies.
Once again, I CRIED WHEN I WATCHED HOW MY BRETHREN WERE RESCUED BY THOSE WHOM WE HAVE PERSECUTED ONLY BECAUSE WE OBEYED THE COMMANDMENTS OF QURAN WHICH IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE NOW!.
My conscience knocks the hearts of all Moslems!!
Mrs. Muslim binti Muskitawati.
This is very bold of her to write such statement in the email, and website.
I believe God has His own way of using very simple people who are obedient to do simple thing to change a nation.
Thank you dear partners, in the Body of Christ, whatever we labor for the Lord, is never in vain, but in His own time, in His own way, He makes is fruitful for His glory. To God be the glory!
4. The best thing to do now is to do the mapping and to have several centers in different locations. There are villages, badly damaged, among others, in Lokngah, with 7000 population only about 100 of them saved, in Meulaboh, consisting of 3 counties, the whole coastland was swept, leaving not single soul and building, only 20% were saved These islands have not received anything yet, it is accessible only by boat, so hiring a boat is recommended.
Nias, a small and Christian island but very poor, the southern part of it had the hardest blow. We need to care for this island.
5. We plan to charter plane, network with churches, take religious leaders, volunteers, relief after john
As we need to be united and stand together to lift up Aceh, Nabire, Alor particularly and our nation generally, I have contacts with several Rescue centers who always communicate to us days and nights sharing information, among others are :
1. PONDOK KASIH, Love for Aceh Center -
INTER RELIGIONS FORUM for national repentance, reconciliation and united prayer (with the Moslems and other religions)
Contact : John Kahuluge, 0811341293, 081553827148 (Aceh), Hana, 0818525073
Location: Iskandar Muda, Lanud, Airport Base.
04/01/05: The medical team and other operational in Aceh, Indonesia as follows:
Ambulance, stretchers, operational car, nurses, medicine among others antibiotics, yodium, anti tetanus, bandage vitamins, analgesics, diarrhea, femine napkins (badly needed, no donation of such is given yet)
At this moment I am evacuating some victims whom placed in the mosque who suffer from broken bones, wounded using self-chartered car, unfortunately I cannot take the patient with tetanus with me. Tomorrow I will try again.
Food: rice, noodles, kitchen utensils, dinner sets, baby food, milk, nursing bottles.
Many victims urgently in need of help because of bruise, cuts, broken bones, tetanus, ulcer , nausea, vomiting, heavy depression, phobia of water, hysteria at night, shouting with swimming gesture while shouting for help, gasping for breath . Physiologist is needed.
Temporary toilets, tents, sleeping bags.
Other need is clean water provision inform of manual or electric well drilling, water tank, and its pipes.
Volunteers to help food distribution.
2. POSKO BERSAMA, comprising several Christian foundations, some of which are PKour national team leaders, and board member
Location Wismaartik, Aceh, small motels of 30 rooms, with/without air con, can accommodate foreign volunteers, with spacious court to be used as feeding centre or medical centre.
Contact: Sony Subrata. Telephone 081319278997,
Pastor Sukendra Salagih 0651 21749 (h)Telephone 08126039801
News.01/04/05 The government becomes more serious in handling Aceh and Nias, more than 600 heavy-duty instrument will be operated .Logistics is managed by DHL, and others.
01/04/05: We need to allocate the donation so that there will be no oversupply and overlapping with the Government
A big fund is being allocated to rebuild Aceh.
3. POSKO MEDAN PEDULI SEDUNIA ( International-Care for Aceh Centre). Location Jl. Kapten Muslim , komplex Ruko Tata Plaza blok A no. 28 Medan Telephone 061 8470246, 8471122
Contact: Pastor Hezron & Pastor Sora 061 8215702,
Cell ph. 08126000800
4. International Humanitarian Institute SAVE THE CHILDREN in Medan, contact 085261020172 Need 200 volunteers for Banda Aceh. We had meeting with the Church Council last night (. Those who came were from different Christian organizations, foundations and churches. There were about 45 people present from Full Gospel Businessmen (FGBMFI), Petra University, The Mission group, NAT (Gods Latest Trumpet), Pondok Kasih, International Fellowship of Evangelical Students and some churches. The inputs that we have as follows:
1.Medical Outreach for 8.250: to send doctors (15), nurses (25) and a Psychologist. They concentrated upon medical outreach to assist 1250 people a day for 7 days.
2.Feeding Centre : I mentioned the feeding program that will be organized by Samaritans Purse, I asked volunteers to assist because it is a three-month plan.
3.Clothes, planned for 20.000 people in form of sarong, both for men and women, because this is how the Aceh dress themselves. Most needed: feminine napkins (no donations for this yet), underwear (provided by Pondok Kasih).
I think my report is quite long now, I am tired and I think that you may be tired too, so let us pause and I will continue with other report regarding the food distribution.
HANA ANANDA
PHONE: 62-31-8415205; 8439189
FAX: 62-31-8414482
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