{"id":4110,"date":"2013-01-16T07:35:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T12:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2013-01-03T16:42:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T21:42:27","slug":"update-on-disaster-response-in-burma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2013\/01\/update-on-disaster-response-in-burma\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Disaster Response in Burma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We received another update from the Covenant Missionary doctor who has been serving in the relief camps in Burma. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2013\/01\/disaster-response-in-burma\/\">Click here<\/a> to read an earlier update on this project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4101\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/Burma-3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/Burma-3-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/Burma-3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>From a distance, it looked like paradise&#8211; palm trees and the blue ocean.\u00a0Yet as we got closer, the stench of human waste mingled with smoke quickly\u00a0made us realize that this was not an idyllic resort town. \u00a0We then saw the\u00a0thousands of makeshift shelters and tents dotting the dusty roadside and\u00a0even more thousands of their inhabitants milling along side.<!--more--> \u00a0The Rohingya\u00a0who are Muslim, were burned and bombed out of their homes and villages then\u00a0driven into these temporary camps by the Rakhine Buddhist majority since\u00a0June 2012. \u00a0More than 200,000 were living in the filth, disease, and poverty\u00a0of these camps that are reminiscent of Ethiopia and the Sudan, not SE Asia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4099\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/Burma-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/Burma-1-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/Burma-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It was a humbling and overwhelming experience treating hundreds of patients\u00a0daily alongside a small international medical relief team. \u00a0I cannot recall\u00a0ever seeing so much malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and all kinds of\u00a0infectious disease. \u00a0Most of the time, there was little the team could do as\u00a0they saw four children die from malnutrition and many others close to death.\u00a0Yet we were also able to offer help to many who otherwise have been left to\u00a0fend for themselves. \u00a0I will always remember the faces of the crying women\u00a0who had brought their children to be seen but could not because of the large\u00a0crowds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4102\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/Burma-4-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/Burma-4-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/01\/Burma-4.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>God often humbles and surprises me whenever I enter a situation with the\u00a0attitude of being a source of blessing and help to others. \u00a0It typically\u00a0turns out that I am the one who walks away blessed and changed in some way.\u00a0This trip was no different. \u00a0I was amazed by the warmth, hospitality, and\u00a0courage of the Rohingya even in the midst of their suffering. \u00a0I was\u00a0challenged by the love shown by some Rakhine who worked hard with us to\u00a0bring aid to those who were supposed to be their enemy. \u00a0I was humbled that\u00a0we, a team of Christians, could pray together with Muslims for God to bring\u00a0peace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">I want to thank Covenant World Relief for making a huge contribution to make\u00a0this trip possible not only for me but making a significant donation for the\u00a0purchase of medications. \u00a0As we went into town to purchase hundreds of dollars worth of medications, I was grateful for CWR&#8217;s involvement and their\u00a0resources in action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click her to give to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurchgiving.com\/p-174-general-disaster-relief.aspx\">emergency response fund<\/a> and support projects like this in Burma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=4110&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We received another update from the Covenant Missionary doctor who has been serving in the relief camps in Burma. 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