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Disaster Responses
Mission Statement:
The Home Life Work Group focuses on how we
can support congregations
in the care of each baptized child of God, both
children and adult, who seek
to live out their faith in their daily lives.
Crisis & Disaster Preparedness' Plan

Floods
We continue to uphold in prayer those who have been affected
by the flooding in northeastern Iowa and throughout the Midwest. Lutheran
Disaster Response and the Northeastern Iowa Synod office work closely to
support congregations in their response to the long term effects of the
disasters in our area.
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Tornado
On Sunday May 25, 2008 at 6 p.m. CDT, an EF-5 tornado - at
times a mile and a half wide - touched down in Parkersburg, Iowa and
continued on the ground devastating Parkersburg, New Hartford and parts of
Dunkerton. The losses included eight lives, 240 homes totally destroyed and
400 more homes damaged.
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ICE Intervention
On Monday, May 12, 2008 the Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) agency, a division of Homeland Security, conducted a raid on Agriprocessors, a kosher meat packing plant
in Postville, Iowa. During the raid 389 members of the community of 2,300
were apprehended. Hundreds of Mexican and Guatemalan workers took refuge
in St. Bridget’s Roman Catholic parish where meals, clothing, and legal
assistance were provided.
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