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ollowing devastating hurri- Wolfgang Simson, "God provides an A Maryland Church is offering to put
cane Katrina, which hit New early warning system for all 25 displaced families into homes and
FOrleans and Louisiana on 29 catastrophes yet to come: the Bible is chartering a jet to fly the evacuees
August 2005, the USA is in a state of and the Spirit of Prophecy. Those to Baltimore. And a Church in Sri
shock, and a huge region has been who listen will be prepared and have Lanka that funneled American aid to
devastated. "The multi-cultural answers in a time when many people tsunami victims, recently sent a
metropolis New Orleans stood for will have questions about God." $10,000 cheque to Convoy of Hope to
lust, swing, paddle boats and Mardi http://www.bufton.net/fridayfax help Katrina survivors.
Gras. Now it stands for suffering, Trey Miller, youth pastor at Life
lawlessness and death," writes KATRINA'S CLOUD Center, took a team of 25 teenagers to
German news magazine Focus. HAD A SILVER LINING Pascagoula, Mississippi, last week-
For years, scientists have been "You've heard about the corpses in end to help elderly people repair their
warning about a potential catas- the streets, the cars stuck in trees, water-logged homes. Explained
trophe in New Orleans, which is the people trapped in attics, and the Miller: "One old man kept asking,
about 5 meters under sea level. It was looting in New Orleans. But did you 'How much are you charging?' I told
not only scientists who predicted the hear about the man who was healed him, 'We aren't charging you
catastrophe; a number of prophets of deafness when a volunteer anything.' He walked around in
also saw it coming. Rick Joyner counsellor prayed for him at a amazement all day, and he wouldn't
mentions that in 1998, his Movement refugee shelter in Dallas two weeks let go of my hand when it was time to
received a prophecy that "New ago?" asks J Lee Grady, editor of leave."
Orleans will look like an estuary." In Charisma Magazine. http://www.charismanow.com
his commentary about the catas- "Most news broadcasts about the
trophe, Joyner writes "Over the next storm have been depressing. But a
few years a great move of God will thousand small miracles have
spread over that region, and many occurred since people of faith rushed
who have lost all of their possessions to help homeless evacuees and
will gain something far better - stranded survivors. Churches and
eternal life... Christian relief organizations have
There is a lot of witchcraft coming sent millions of dollars in aid to the
from New Orleans and it wants to Gulf Coast and to evacuees nation-
cause as much death as possible." wide. Samaritan's Purse, World
On 29th August 2004, one year to the Vision, Convoy of Hope, Operation
day before the catastrophe, Chuck Blessing and hundreds of lesser-
Pierce (www.glory-of-zion.org) known charities have partnered with
prophesied: "The wind and water will local Churches to provide what will
rise in the midst of New Orleans. be remembered as the biggest
Many from the south will come north demonstration of Christian kindness
for refuge. Prepare. Prepare now for in American history." A 100-member
winds and water that will surprise congregation in Pascagoula,
you... Prepare!... The wind is coming Mississippi, who lost their building in
on Louisiana and it will shake the the storm is feeding 3 000 people a
entire State... The south purifying day from their parking lot. A Missouri
wind of My holiness will sweep Church is covering the monthly
across Louisiana." payroll of a Church in Slidell,
According to Friday Fax editor Louisiana, that was flooded.