Tragedy in Tabasco
By Kerry A. Olson

A week of intensive rains unleashed massive flooding in the southeastern state of Tabasco. In the capital city of Villahermosa, rooftops barely jutted above the surface of brackish waters flooding the city streets after at least one major river overflower its banks. Heavy rains started swelling waterways the last Sunday of October, and the Puxcatan and Grijalva rivers' levels were still rising rapdily the following week.
An estimated 80 percent of the state of Tabasco was covered under water. The rains triggered mud slides and forced some 800,000 people from their homes and affected at least one million people in the states of Tabasco and Chiapas.



McDonald's restaurant in Villahermosa, Tabasco



Down town Villahermosa, Tabasco



Famous Olmec colossal head measuring 9 feet high from La Venta protected against flood waters at Villahermosa Museum



An estimated 80 percent of Tabasco under water.


During the month of November and into December, our congregation, Amistad Cristiana mobilized teams to assist churches in the Comalcalco and Villahermosa area. Two semi truck loads of non perishable goods were sent from the congreation the latter part of November.

Please pray for the thousands of families that lost everything and that many would turn to Christ in their time of desperate need. Pray that the Church would take advantage of this opportunity and for the ongoing efforts to minister both physically and spiritually to those affected, as well as the reconstruction of Villahermosa, as well as many towns and villages throughout the state of Tabasco and Chiapas.

Kerry A. Olson
December, 2007


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