In August 2020, a massive explosion devastated the port of Beirut in Lebanon, killing more than 200 people, injuring thousands, and displacing tens of thousands. Now, a year after the explosion, an ongoing economic crisis that started in 2019 has reached a breaking point.
The city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was rocked by a large eruption of the Nyiragongo Volcano on the night of 22 May 2021. Around 400,000 people have evacuated and about 20,000 are homeless.
Deaths due to COVID-19 in India have nearly tripled in the last three weeks and reached more than 3,600 in the last 24 hours. The true death toll is believed to be much higher.
Massive migratory caravans are frequent on the Mesoamerica North Central Field. Local churches are providing food, clothing, shoes, medicine, or a place to spend the night in addition to encouragement and a message of salvation.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines experienced an explosive eruption on the morning of 9 April 2021 at the La Soufriere Volcano in the north of the main island. Ash plumes were sent miles into the air, and ashfall has been constant since then.
Thomas Nees passed away 24 January 2021. Nees served the Church of the Nazarene in many capacities, including as director of the USA/Canada Mission/Evangelism Office and as Nazarene Compassionate Ministries director for the USA and Canada.
Nazarenes in Armenia are providing food and hygiene relief packages to families displaced by the recent war between Armenia and neighboring country Azerbaijan.
Nearly 400 children of the Programa de Desarollo Integral (Integral Development Program) on the Mesoamerica Region virtually joined in a Christmas party called “The Light Arrived.”
Lower Lights Ministries aims to help reconcile its surrounding community through relationships and leadership development.
Hurricanes Iota and Eta have both swept across Central America in the last two weeks, causing destruction from southern Mexico to Panama.
