Dear Friend,

By now, you've no doubt seen the troubling images that are beaming back to us of the devastation caused by the tsunami that struck 11 countries in Asia and Africa. The efforts of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) will be our biggest response ever to a natural disaster.

ADRA staff is there, with additional help arriving, in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and India providing much-needed emergency relief aid such as food, medicine, and shelter to countless people whose homes have been destroyed.

Encouraged by the initial support recieved, the ADRA home office has increased its financial commitment from $500,000 to $1 million to respond to this catastrophe. In addition more than $3 million has been committed from other ADRA offices around the world. But this is just the beginning. ADRA will be responding to the needs of the victims of this crisis for many months and even years to come.

We urgently need your help! We're literally in a race against time to save lives. Those who survived the giant waves that wiped out entire villages now face outbreaks of malaria and cholera from rotting bodies, garbage, and stagnant water.

Please help us by doing everything you possibly can to help the innocent survivors of this incomprehensible disaster.

Blessings,

Charles Sandefur

President

Adventist Development and Relief Agency