PAKISTAN – Salvation Army Emergency Services workers found themselves in the right place at the right time when the mountainous northern region of Pakistan which last year was hit by a massive earthquake was struck by unusually heavy monsoon rains. Homes were washed away and some roads became impassable, disrupting the normal deliveries of food and other necessities.

The international Salvation Army team – in the area to supervise the ongoing response to the earthquake – was able to take much-needed supplies to a 450 families whose supplies of food had became dangerously low. Taking advantage of a brief pause in the rain, The Salvation Army team organised a convoy of five trucks to get a two-week supply of rice, flour, beans, oil and other essentials to the grateful families.

‘We heard about the families who had been stranded from a local agency we had been working with, but had no way of getting to them because the road had been blocked by landslides,’ reports team leader Major Alison Thompson. ‘But God answers prayer,’ she continues, ‘and when we heard that the road had been temporarily re-opened, we sprang into action.’

A spokesman for the village offered up prayers on behalf of the people for the team and its continuing work. Team members responded that they and Salvationists worldwide would support the local people in prayer.