“...when you go through something like this, you can’t keep it to yourself...people I met through the crisis response are now being disciples and together, we have gone to neighboring nations to respond to their disasters and help others with what we have learned and put into action.”

“...numb for weeks, in shock with the pain and grief. Thinking no one could comprehend the pain she was trying to hide when she felt like she needed to do exactly that...to reach out to Jesus. She felt immediately that she could do that after the Luke 8 story. Simple trauma-healing practices in our discipleship patterns have been transforming our simple churches and communities.”

“...that burning fire ignited my dry soul. As early as 6 am, I found myself saturating these areas in prayer...the outreach fire was burning within me once again. The shaking of the volcano and ash has changed how I see disasters, trauma, and discipleship. We are still loving the people in the community years after beginning from the crisis response.”