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	Feb. 28, 2005 .................... LCMSNews -- No. 13

	LCMS ministries act on tsunami recommendations

	As soon as LCMS mission-assessment teams recommended efforts for
continuing relief work in tsunami-ravaged countries, LCMS World
Relief/Human Care and LCMS World Mission began working to turn some key
proposals into action.

	Dennis Denow, an LCMS World Mission education specialist, has
relocated from Papua Province, Indonesia, to Jakarta, to help develop
and coordinate relief efforts in that country. By Feb. 20, Michelle
Hoeppner, an LCMS World Mission community-development worker in China,
is expected to begin serving a short-term assignment in Sri Lanka.

	Posting personnel in those two countries to provide hands-on
relief coordination was a key recommendation by mission assessment teams
in their Jan. 27 report.

	In addition to its first round of tsunami emergency relief, LCMS
World Relief/Human Care recently awarded:

	* two grants totaling $35,000 to the Lanka Lutheran Church (LLC)
to repair a flooded Lutheran orphanage and rebuild a Lutheran chapel and
parsonage, both in Batticaloa.

	* $40,000 grant to the LLC to purchase school supplies and
uniforms.

	* $100,000 to Lutheran World Relief, to provide emergency
supplies and shelter and help with rebuilding, job training, and
counseling.

	* a $30,000 grant to Concordia Welfare and Education
Foundation-Thailand (CWEFT) to buy school uniforms, shoes, and supplies.
CWEFT, a sister organization of LCMS World Mission, focuses on Christian
social and educational work in Thailand.

	Like the assessment teams in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, Deaconess
Christie Nelson echoed the importance of helping children return to
school. Nelson helped assess needs in Thailand, where she has served
with LCMS World Mission since 1991.

	Because most relief efforts focus on "adult" concerns like
rebuilding homes and restoring businesses, Nelson urged helping "the
hundreds of hurting children" resume their education. Many schools in
Thailand's hardest hit areas have been destroyed or severely damaged.

	In addition to these most recent grants for tsunami relief
efforts, LCMS World Relief/Human Care previously awarded:

	* $75,000 direct gift plus $75,000 in a matching grant to
Lutheran Hour Ministries for disaster response through ministry centers
in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and India.

	* $75,000 gift-matching grant to Orphan Grain Train to purchase
rice, water, and other emergency supplies for distribution to tsunami
survivors.

	* $10,000 grant to the LLC for emergency needs immediately after
the tsunami.

	For more information about LCMS World Relief/Human Care tsunami
relief efforts or giving opportunities, visit worldrelief.lcms.org
<http://worldrelief.lcms.org>  .

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