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FIELD REPORT

Project: Tsunami Relief @ North Sumatra

Update: 1 February 2005

Short Term Plan: January to June 2005

  1. Purpose
    1. To minister to and aid victims of the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami which occurred on Dec 26, 2004 when the deadly tidal waves took many lives in North Sumatra, specifically in Banda Aceh, Meulaboh and Nias where the latest death toll is 236,012.
    2. To demonstrate God’s grace and love by providing for their basic needs for the next six months.
  2. Our Organization

    International Christian Mission (ICM), an international and inter-denominational missions organization, was
    incorporated in Dallas, Texas, USA as a non-profit organization in 1982. It has beenactive in North
    Sumatra for the last 2 years, pioneering
    churches and raising pastors, using systematic
    ICM Church Planting trainingmodules at the
    grass roots level. ICM is committed to raisingend
    time harvesters and to this long term service in this region.

  3. Our Mission

    ICM, with the assistance and support of its Bible Schools and local churches will mobilize aid to survivors and families of victims in the North Western part of Sumatra, the worst hit area by the earthquake. Out of the total of 400 ICM graduates and students, ICM can identify at least 200 of them who, together with ICM Malaysia mission partners, will be able to coordinate a grass roots support to local villages and Churches that are in desperate and urgent need of food, water and shelter.