Cuba

Over the past month, there have been a series of country-wide blackouts across Cuba. These blackouts mean that 8.5 million people are without electricity. They cannot store food, charge their cell phones, refrigerate medicine, or even pump water from wells. We, in partnership with Send Relief and the Eastern and Western Baptist Conventions, feed thousands of people through kitchens located in local churches. The local churches that have generators can serve their communities by providing meals, charging phones, and keeping refrigerators running so that families with children can store their milk and food or keep certain much-needed medications refrigerated. On November 10, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook eastern Cuba after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that left most of the island reeling. The government has reported landslides, building collapses, and damage to power lines. Please pray for the Cuban Baptist churches as they respond to their neighbors in need. Pray that there will not be a larger outbreak of waterborne and mosquito-borne diseases. Pray that food and clean water can reach the needed areas. Pray for the Cuban Baptist leaders, as they are working tirelessly to share the gospel and minister to the needs of their community.