Exloring Life Eternal

LESSONS FROM A TSUNAMI:

www.nypost.com January 1, 2005:

QUAKE ANGEL
By DUNCAN LARCOMBE

January 1, 2005 -- PHUKET, Thailand - Quick-thinking 10-year-old Tilly Smith is being hailed as a hero after saving her parents and dozens of fellow vacationers from the deadly tsunami - thanks to a school geography lesson.
Tilly warned the doubting adults at a resort that a massive tidal wave was about to strike - just minutes before the deadly tide rushed in and turned the resort into rubble. Tilly's family, from Surrey, England, was enjoying a day at Maikhao Beach last Sunday when the sea rushed out and began to bubble.

Craig Smith, an American manager of the hotel the family was staying at, "... a tsunami is not like you see in the movies, where a huge wave wells up on the horizon and can be seen for miles off shore. It is more like a sudden surge of water. There's very little warning. She's a hero."

Tilly shrugged off the attention and modestly said, "Last term, my geography teacher, Mr. Kearney, taught us about earthquakes and how they can cause tsunamis. I was on the beach, and the water started to go funny. I recognized what was happening and had a feeling there was going to be a tsunami."

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(Thanks to David Depew <dpdepew@earthlink.net> for the pointer.)

Lessons:
Study in school. (If she hadn't, she wouldn't have known what to look for.)
Curiosity really can kill. (Most people went out to see what was happening to the waves)
Immediate obedience. (A delay of just a few minutes would have resulted in a deadly beach.)
Tsunamis are preceded by water going out into the sea rapidly, before surging. (The devil also often works by retreating into his lair before pouncing on his prey.)

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ISLAM'S LEADING STATE DOESN'T (MUCH) CARE ABOUT TSUNAMI VICTIMS

Saudi Arabia is responding with just $10 billion for relief efforts.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28610241.htm

Meanwhile, just a few years ago, Saudi was boasting about a $4 million gift to propagate Islam.
http://www.saudiembassy.net/1995News/News/UsrDetail.asp?cIndex=4469
(Thanks to Ted <ted@a-msystems.com> for pointing this out.)

Here is the apparent reason:
http://www.rantburg.com/default.asp?D=6/26/2002
see the subtitle: Forget peace talks, just crush rebels: Jakarta
"#1 However, the Organization of the Islamic Conference defends the "territorial integrality" of Indonesia, while it favors "self-determination" in Jammu and Kashmir, and the Phillipines." , (RG Fulton)

Basically, since Indonesia, wants to remain united, they are using their membership in an Islamic organization (odd, since they profess to be pluralistic) to maintain the unity of their country. I.E. Islam is fighting for world domination. ... The sword of the gospel of peace will cut through those lies though. It remains powerful.

OBSERVATIONS:
The majority of the Quake-Tsunami victims were Muslims.
Saudi Arabia is not that lacking in funds ... they seem to have plenty of $$ to donate to spread the teachings of Mohammed.
There is a clear agenda. Only with much prayer, love, & truth will this be defeated. Again, it is critical that the Lord's help gets to Aceh soon!!