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		<title>Hope comes in flooding aftermath</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Siedenburg]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pakistan (MNN) – Repairs are ongoing after deadly floods swept through Kasur, Pakistan, in August. ]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pakistan (MNN) – Repairs are ongoing after deadly floods swept through <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/war-then-water-pakistans-border-villagers-face-back-to-back-evacuations-2025-08-30/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kasur, Pakistan</a></strong></span>, in August. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason Woolford with <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.mnnonline.org/mission_groups/christian-resources-international/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mission Cry</a></strong></span> says there is <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/punjab-floods-washed-away-thousands-villages-farms-now-devastation-threatens-2025-09-01/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">devastation</a></strong></span> in this area as <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/punjab-floods-washed-away-thousands-villages-farms-now-devastation-threatens-2025-09-01/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thousands of villages</a></strong></span> were submerged by floodwaters. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The body of Christ is als</span>o hurting in Kasur, as Christian girls and women are specifically targeted for sexual abuse.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="text-align: center;">“Combining both of those things, flooding, loss of food and hope, and the attacks on Christian women there, we wanted to come in and bring hope,” Woolford says. “We did that [by] </strong><strong style="text-align: center;">bringing boatloads of rice, food, and most importantly, the Word of God, the only thing that doesn&#8217;t return void.” </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Mission Cry is working to feed people physically and spiritually, and people are responding.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“We&#8217;re seeing hope and joy, because these people are being forgotten about, especially with their so-called God, when the real God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are showing up in word form and through our Mission Cry team,” Woolford says. </strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The need in Kasur remains strong. Mission Cry went door to door and provided two weeks of food relief rations, but wants to again.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_218149" style="width: 179px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-218149" class="size-medium wp-image-218149" src="https://www.mnnonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/att.5sBEHgVFoqOlFXZ-X-NVZ_seu668e_me8ZZSq6ZkVcI-169x300.jpg" alt="Pakistan flood relief 2025" width="169" height="300" srcset="https://www.mnnonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/att.5sBEHgVFoqOlFXZ-X-NVZ_seu668e_me8ZZSq6ZkVcI-169x300.jpg 169w, https://www.mnnonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/att.5sBEHgVFoqOlFXZ-X-NVZ_seu668e_me8ZZSq6ZkVcI-577x1024.jpg 577w, https://www.mnnonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/att.5sBEHgVFoqOlFXZ-X-NVZ_seu668e_me8ZZSq6ZkVcI-768x1364.jpg 768w, https://www.mnnonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/att.5sBEHgVFoqOlFXZ-X-NVZ_seu668e_me8ZZSq6ZkVcI-865x1536.jpg 865w, https://www.mnnonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/att.5sBEHgVFoqOlFXZ-X-NVZ_seu668e_me8ZZSq6ZkVcI.jpg 1153w" sizes="(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px" /><p id="caption-attachment-218149" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo courtesy of Mission Cry)</p></div>
<p>For those not in this conflict, Woolford says, “We&#8217;ve been blessed, but we&#8217;ve been blessed to be a blessing as well.”</p>
<p><strong>Please pray for the on-the-ground team and for the believers in this area. Pray for salvation for those who do not yet know the Lord. Pray that the flooding will stop and that Mission CRY’s work will bless the people in this area. </strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To help Mission Cry as they seek to send more shipments around the world, go to </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://missioncry.com/donation-form/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">missioncry.com/donation-form/.</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><em>Header photo of flood relief distribution from Mission Cry team in Pakistan. (Photo courtesy of Mission Cry)</em></p>
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