Text Box: In it for the long haul In the days and weeks following a major domestic or international disaster, we are flooded with pictures and reports from affected communities. Thousands dead. Millions displaced. Images of crying survivors and frantic aid workers fill our TV screens. But what happens when the TV cameras leave? What if they never show up in the first place? Thankfully, neighbors around the world and in our own backyards have experienced ELCA members’ generosity in our response to domestic and global disasters. From flooding in Texas To flooding in Bangladesh, from a tornado in Oklahoma to an earthquake in Peru, ELCA Disaster Response is in it for the long haul. A few years ago, I visited a camp in Uganda for internally displaced people-people who had lost their homes due to civil unrest. They struggled to rebuild their lives in camps operated by the Lutheran World Federation, supported in part through gifts to ELCA Disaster Response. We asked people what brought them hope. Their answer was simple: “We have hope because you are here. We have hope because you have not forgotten us.” Thank you for your gifts to the ELCA World Hunger Appeal and ELCA Disaster Response, which support disaster survivors and people struggling to survive chronic hunger and poverty. Your gifts offer help, hope, and the promise that we will remember. -Kathryn Sime is director of the ELCA World Hunger and Disaster Appeal Text Box: If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter by mail, please let us know! If you would like to receive it by email, please email Kelly Carlton at: ghsecy@netins.net and she will send them to you! Thank you! Text Box: Looking ahead…. Flag Day June 14 Independence Day July 4

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