As you all know, I am a member of the Presidential Prayer Team. We join together in prayer each day and even moreso during times of tragedies. Yesterday a bridge collapsed in Minneapolis. An awful tragedy leaving many dead and many missing. The members of the Presidential Prayer Team urge you to pray along with them during this time. What we need to pray for in this tragedy: - Comfort for family members who have lost loved ones.
- Healing for those who are injured.
- Peace for those who await news of a missing loved one.
- Wisdom, safety and protection for officials executing recovery work.
- Investigators seeking to discern what happened so as to prevent future tragedies.
- Wisdom and guidance for officials providing support and leadership including:
- Mary Peters, Secretary of Transportation
- Mark Rosenker, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board
- Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota
- R.T. Rybak, Mayor of Minneapolis
- Jim Clack, Fire Chief of Minneapolis
- Tim Dolan, Police Chief of Minneapolis
- Paramedics, EMTs and hospital personnel
- Search crews seeking to recover missing persons
There is a prayer wall constructed where you may go and post your prayers. All submissions are screened before they are posted for propriety so they will not show up immediately but you will be able to check later to see your prayers and messages posted. The victims and families get notified about this wall and they do go there and read all the messages posted by us. It is great comfort to know how many people are thinking about them and praying for them in their time of need. You can get to it via this link: Photos property of the Presidential Prayer Team | | | | |