US Methodist church gives $73,000
to MMS for tsunami work

MEMBERS of Chapelwood United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas, have donated US$47,941.30 (S$73,350) to the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) to help the Singapore agency carry out its rehabilitation work in the 2004 tsunami-hit fishing village near Phuket.


A cheque for the amount was sent to the MMS following the American church's appeal to its members to raise funds for the MMS after its members had read of the plight of the tsunami victims in the October 2006 issue of Methodist Message.


The funds will be used to build fishing boats and toilets for new houses in a fishing village in Ban Nai Rai, a town 80 km north of the resort island of Phuket, according to Col (Retd) Quek Koh Eng, the MMS Home Director.


He said: "We want to thank members of Chapelwood United Methodist Church for their partnership in our work. We praise God for His faithfulness and provision."

The Methodist Message article that caught the attention of members of Chapelwood United Methodist Church in Houston.