Pray for Southeast Asians...and one blogger in particular
Category: News Commentary...
Posted Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 02:12 PM [GMT-6]

Update (12/27/04): It was a relief to hear that ireneQ and family were not affected by this disaster, at least not directly. She provides a number of links to Malaysian bloggers who are providing firsthand reports.

The internet has brought us closer together in unanticipated and mostly positive ways, and blogging has personalized regions of the globe which hitherto have just been obscure names in an atlas.

The devastating earthquake and aftershocks earlier today in southeast Asia brought to my mind the fact that one of the sites on my blogroll originates from Malaysia. The writer is a Christian posting on ireneQ - unravelled, and she and I have shared some email correspondence in the past. It's been a while since I "spoke" with her, but I'm concerned about her and her family.

I also know a few ex-pats working for BP in the oil industry in and around Indonesia.

You may well know someone in that part of the world, either personally or via blogging. Please join me in praying for their safety and health. The effects of this catastrophe will be with us for quite some time, I fear.