2 Min Read: Transforming Tragedy into Hope

Nov 28, 2023

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On the evening of September 9th, an earthquake ripped apart many villages just northeast of us in Morocco.

A day and a half later, I hiked up into these mountain villages alongside like-minded workers from our city. We connected with a few locals and offered what aid and assistance we could. After accepting water and bread, they showed us what was left of their homes… piles of rubble that claimed and still hold the lives of their loved ones.

We asked questions. We listened. We embraced & wept with them.

Since that day, our team along with the greater worker community in our area have continued bringing food & water, first aid, blankets, temporary shelters and other help. We’ve restructured our workload to enable a few members of our team to take on key roles in the overall relief effort, utilizing their expertise and talent.

Our business office has been part of a relief supply chain of logistics set up by the team. Our interns created spreadsheets and organized supplies. We answered hundreds of texts daily. You understand. Our team is committed to doing all we can to help.

But people suffer still…

Yes, some suffer physically…all survivors are suffering emotionally - enduring unfathomable trauma. Yet, the biggest thing on our hearts is their spiritual suffering.

My friend said, “this is the biggest ministry opportunity in the history of Morocco.”

What he means is these remote areas are now open to outsiders. Where we never could have gone before, where we would not have been received, there are now Jesus-loving people who visit weekly. Care is being delivered… along with something much greater.

After the earthquake, we were reading through Matthew. After understanding first-hand the chaos and devastation earthquakes cause, it shed a whole new light on the scene in the end of chapter 27 and beginning of 28. *Go take a look for yourself.*

Before you read the parts where Jesus died and where he rose again…

Picture what we’ve seen here, among our people. Google some pictures or revisit the newsletter we sent in September.

Then read.

The pandemonium that must have surrounded everything happening on those days. The hurt and pain…not just of Jesus’s followers, but of everyone.

Then, he rose again.

And for that, we sit with those who have lost everything here… and offer someone they can’t lose. For such a time as this. Pray that they have ears to hear, eyes to see and are ready to believe.

Thank you for your continued prayers for the lost of southern Morocco.

We’re honored to be serving here,

Ryan & Mandie Buesgens

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2 Min Read: Transforming Tragedy into Hope

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