Our friend, Pak Esrom, based at Muara Siberut, reports that over 400 people died, 200 are missing, and 12,000 people are taking refuge in the hills. The Mentawai islands are nominally Christian, evangelized by German Lutheran missionaries in the early 1900s. Pak Esrom & Pak Timotius will be visiting the affected areas in the next few days. It takes five hours to travel from Muara Siberut, by boat, to the disaster areas. Our churches in Kuala Lumpur are taking collections for the victims of the tsunami. For more information, click here.