Virginia Foxx: “The prayers of the American people remain with Filipino people as they struggle to recover in the wake of Typhoon…”

“The prayers of the American people remain with Filipino people as they struggle to recover in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Haiyan claimed thousands of lives, displaced millions and left widespread devastation throughout the Philippine Islands. The gravity of the crisis is heartbreaking. The United States and many international aid organizations have been quick to help our friends in the Philippines. Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief organization headquartered in Boone, North Carolina, is among them. Members of the Samaritan's Purse Disaster Assistance Response Team are on the ground in the Philippines right now, providing medical support and basic survival supplies, such as food and hygiene kits, temporary shelter items, and clean drinking water. As part of the international response team, Samaritan's Purse is living out its mission to provide ``spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.'' Its team members on the ground are also obeying, vividly, the Biblical directive to practice faith by visiting orphans and widows in the midst of their distress. Knowing full well the enormity of the struggle and depth of pain before them, we commit to keep a prayerful vigil for the Samaritan's Purse team in the Philippines, United States aid workers and their international partners, and for the millions whose lives have been changed by the tragedy of Haiyan. A Noble Calling: Hickory's Fallen Heroes Ministry”