Waterloo, Argentine Churches Team Up to Help Filipinos
Posted by Terry White on December 17, 2009
Viv Weimer (Waterloo, Iowa) has alerted us that a number of the Grace Brethren ladies in Berazategui, Argentina (pictured) have teamed up with the Waterloo church to sew clothes for the many children who were affected by the recent flooding in Manila, Philippines.
Viv says, “I think this is an awesome idea to have GBC women in the US and GBC women in Argentina helping to meet needs in the Philippines. Through technology, we were able to communicate with them what type of clothing, fabrics etc. to use and we all are off and running with this.”
The Weimers’ son, Jason, will be one of a group from the Waterloo Grace Brethren Church who will take the clothes to Manila the end of January as part of the Philippines Coalition through GBIM.
The clothes will be given to the local GBC pastors in the Marikina, GBC and Pasig, GBC to distribute as part of their community outreach following the devastating floods.
Gary McCaman, who works with GBIM in Argentina, says, “It’s always rewarding to see churches work together to help others who have been affected by calamity. The international collaboration on this project makes it particularly exciting!”
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