India (MNN) — Among the tea and cardamom estates of southern India, heavy rains caused sudden floods and landslides early Tuesday morning, sweeping away whole families.
At least 158 people died, and many are still missing. It’s the worst flooding Kerala state has seen in six years.
Flooding in India’s Kerala state, July 2024. (Photo courtesy of Mission India)
India is in the thick of monsoon season, and other parts of the country are feeling the impact of surging rains. The capital New Delhi also saw massive flooding last month.
Regan Miller with Mission India explains, “In India, everybody lives in such tight quarters. People live in homes that are on top of each other and attached to each other and side-by-side and the neighborhoods are so crowded that when something like this happens, it affects hundreds of thousands of people.
“There’s really a great need for prayer right now, and there’s also great opportunity to share the hope of Christ when people are struggling.”
Mission India works with local believers across India to run Children’s Bible Clubs and share that eternal hope with kids and their parents.
Families at one Bible Club in a flood-affected area have been impacted. “All of these parents of the kids have not been able to go to work, and they’re already in a really poor area. So that’s been difficult to hear about as well,” says Miller.
Children’s Bible Club (Photo courtesy of Mission India)
Please pray for Indian families out of work due to the flooding that they will find support through the local Church.
Miller says, “We are asking for prayers that our church planters will be able to get back to the field [and] that communities would find hope in the Good News as they rebuild homes, rebuild roads and all the things that have been damaged in the flooding.”
Also, ask God to comfort the grieving communities in Kerala state.
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Header photo of the flooding in India’s Kerala state, courtesy of Mission India.
