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Boy stuck under rubble survives earthquoake in Turkey

These word immediately captured my attention. I discovered that his was reported on February 16, 2023 by ChurchPOP and a few others. The report read:

One incredible testimony moving across social media discusses the miraculous survival story of a five year old boy rescued 192 hours (8 days) after the earthquake. Upon questioning, authorities asked how he survived for so long. According to the French organisatio SOS Christians of the East, the boy said a man dressed in white provided food for him and water and disappeared.

This made me think of the scripture "O Lord our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, who have set Your glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies. That you may silence the enemy and the avenger." Psalm 8:1-2. God is still God, and Jesus still reveals Himself, or sends His angels to do His work on earth today, just as He did in the Old and New Testaments.

Lord, we expect You, the Lord of Your Church to do a few miracles here at WBC during this month of March, as we prepare to celebrate Your death, burial and resurrection next month.

Your friend & Pastor
Charles Lazaro



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