Last night at 4am there was a 6.4 earthquake in the South of Taiwan. Here in Taipei there was only a slight shaking and some rattling. But in the big city of Tainan some houses collapsed and there are still some people missing. So far there are 11 victims and a few hundred injured people. A tall house just fell down like a tree. In the house lived about 250 people and so far 220 have been rescued of whom only 30 needed to be treated in the hospital, which is quite miraculous…

On Sunday the Chinese New Year holidays begin and so this tragedy hits the people of Taiwan just before the most anticipated holidays of the year. Please pray that the remaining missed people can be rescued safely and for comfort for the families that suffered any loss.