TPE's Kirk Noonan Heads to Earthquake-Ravaged Peru

PISCO, Peru

The AP reports:

"Rescuers said there was 'no hope' of finding anyone else alive in the rubble of this southern port city leveled by a magnitude-8 earthquake that left at least 540 people dead.

"'We've stopped the rescue work,' said Jorge Vera, a firefighter who led the operation to find survivors at the San Clemente church in Pisco, on Sunday. 'We're now working to recover the bodies.'"

Read the whole story here.

TPE Managing Editor Kirk Noonan leaves tomorrow for Peru with a team consisting of representatives from Convoy of Hope, MAPS, and Healthcare Ministries. They will be traveling with missionary Rich Ferguson to cities and villages hit heavily by the earthquake to distribute supplies and assess the needs of Assemblies of God adherents and churches.