Appeal for aid to help in Peru

Please look at The Vine Trust page launching their appeal for aid for Peru following last weeks earthquake.

The following information has come to me via Tear Fund, please use this to guide your prayers for Peru.

From a Tearfund translator, Elia, living in Lima:

I know most of you are worried about the earthquake that struck our country yesterday. I just want to let you know my family and I are well and want to ask your prayers particularly for the area of Ica, between 4 - 7 hours from our capital city. There are hundreds of dead people on the streets, hundreds of injured people, hospitals collapsed, main basic services such as electricity and water are not working, phone lines are not working well and roads are pretty inaccessible. In addition, 650 prisoners of a jail located in Ica escaped and the number of victims so far has been tracked only in the cities with minimum communication access. Authorities cannot yet determine the number of deaths or injured people in small villages and towns in Ica since they are located in remote areas. We are still having quake replicas, some very soft in Lima.

Please pray
> for roads and access means are restored asap,
> for many Christian organizations that are already in place trying to gather all necessary information to provide more resources for relief,
> for the hundreds of poor victims especially children who have been left homeless and orphans
> for Elia's husband Johny and peers who belong to World Vision’s Emergency Relief Team, who are currently in the disaster area.
Thanks a lot for your support and prayers. God bless you and God bless our country."
Elia