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While the Olympics got underway in Beijing, China, believers were ministering to earthquake victims in central China after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake killed nearly 70,000 people in mid-May. In August, two CC missionaries from Japan returned to the Sichuan Province to help local Chinese believers continue the work they had started together in June.
Responding quickly after the May quake, three men from Grace Christian Fellowship in Ome, Japan, traveled to China in early June to minister for 12 days. That team included Pastor Jonathan Wilson and missionaries Sherwood Patterson and Ted McCorkle. They were also joined for a time by Horizon missionary Rusty Birkland from Macau. The men ministered chiefly in Chengdu, in the Sichuan Province—roughly 950 miles southwest of Beijing.
Aside from the casualties, nearly 18,000 people were missing, more than 370,000 were injured, and nearly 5 million were left homeless after the May 12 earthquake. While at least 1.5 million people have been placed in homes, numerous aftershocks continued into August, killing nearly a dozen and wounding more than 100 others. Jonathan and Sherwood returned for a follow-up visit in July before they returned again with a team from Japan in August.
You can find the complete article in the Fall 2008 issue of Calvary Chapel Magazine, which will ship soon. To subscribe click here.
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