Families' huts in Asuragar village, West Bengal, lie crushed after the cyclone
             on Tuesday night that brought 100mph winds. Photograph: Rupak de Chowdhuri/Reuters

May 21, 2010,

Dear Wayne & M300 Ministries USA & Prayer Partners

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, thank you so much for your prayers. I am here with sending the enclosed file for this supper cyclone affect photos.

This Laila Cyclone was crossed yesterday evening at the time of crossing the wind speed is 125kmph, and uprooted telephone, power poles but did not spread huge devastation as feared. At that time 16 people were died, the highest rain fall is 532 centimeters, more than 60% of the town and Villages are sailing on the water. Thousands of the huts, small houses were destroyed. One of Village call Nagayalnka was severely damaged.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh was stopped all the trains, busses and costal side flights also canceled. The heavy rain is accompanied with this supper Cyclone along with 125kmph wind presser.

The Government officials are not able to more to work out the damages, all the roads were blocked with huge water and root out trees, more than 405 Villages have not the electricity.

Today I am trying to reaches our working Villages with motor cycle we went some distance up to 40km from the Machilipatnam, I want to reach Koduru yanadi people and Nagayalanka but it is not possible to go by motor cycle they have advised to go by Cycle some times it is easy to carry this Cycle on our shoulder to cross the trees on the road.

Regarding the 30 Chenchu families  at Lakshmipuram they lost their tents all their belonging were fly on the air they stand with their clothes they lost every thing. We went to that place by cycle and I have requested some of the friends to provide food and I promised to pay that expenses, because they have not taken any thing for the past one and half day, when I reach these people the small children are crying like any thing because of their hungry, I have taken some biscuit packs and given them, you know without removing the paper they are eating with the paper. My eyes are full of tears. Please pray for these families. I have been receiving information from our Blessing colony it was affected all the trees were collapsed on the houses.

Please kindly remember in your prayers.

Yours in Him,

Pastor Rao

BMI/ M300 Ministries India