'That's what we go for': SBTC DR volunteers work, pray over victims of California wildfires

'That's what we go for': SBTC DR volunteers work, pray over victims of California wildfires

LOS ANGELES—January’s devastating wildfires in Southern California prompted a massive response from recovery and disaster relief agencies, including Southern Baptist Disaster Relief. SBTC DR, the disaster arm of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, answered the call, sending feeding and chaplaincy volunteers to Los Angeles County at the request of California Baptist DR. And they may go back. “Today our bunkhouses [dormitory trailers] are a…

Natural fires burned 2,000 hectares over the weekend: victims in several regionsOver the weekend, more than 2.5 thousand fires in ecosystems occurred in Ukraine, destroying almost 2,000 hectares of land. The most affected is the Zhytomyr region, where 150 hectares burned, there are also injuries in Vinnytsia, Poltava and Sumy regions.