Dorian spares Puerto Rico but threatens US mainland: How praying for hurting people changes us
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 29 August 2019
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR AUGUST 29, 2019
Hurricane Dorian spared Puerto Rico the worst of its wrath but leaves behind an island still struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria two years ago. Today's podcast discusses our Father's love for all who suffer and calls us to pray for his heart.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com. |
| 0:14.7 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.2 | This is going to be a test, says Nick Russo, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's |
| 0:24.8 | Federal Coordinating Officer in Puerto Rico. |
| 0:27.8 | The people of Puerto Rico have been through a lot, and we have learned the lessons of the |
| 0:31.9 | past. |
| 0:32.9 | Russo made his statement as Hurricane Dorian was bearing down on the island. |
| 0:37.3 | Then the storm unexpectedly |
| 0:38.6 | veered to the north, sparing Puerto Rico the worst of its wrath. While some 23,000 people |
| 0:44.7 | were without power yesterday afternoon and schools were closed, everyone on the island knows it |
| 0:49.9 | could have been much worse. Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which struck in |
| 0:55.3 | September 2017, and is considered the worst natural disaster ever to strike the island. That hurricane |
| 1:02.1 | killed more than 3,000 people, destroyed homes, wiped out electrical power, and compromised water |
| 1:08.6 | delivery systems. Some isolated communities did not receive help for days. |
| 1:13.7 | Some 30,000 homes still have tarps rather than roofs. More than a thousand roads remain blocked by |
| 1:19.9 | landslides caused by the storm. A Puerto Rican pastor described the horrific devastation and despair |
| 1:26.0 | so many on his islands still face. |
| 1:28.5 | As I followed Hurricane Dorian's path in the news, |
| 1:31.8 | I found myself wondering about Puerto Rico's history and relationship to the U.S. |
| 1:37.0 | And I felt a burden for these people I'd like to explore with you today. |
| 1:43.3 | What happens in Puerto Rico is of direct concern to the United States, because the former |
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