CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — On Sunday, June 23, the congregation at Holy Apostles Church celebrated a group of parishioners who had just arrived back in Rhode Island, thanking God for their safe return from a weeklong mission trip to Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Just over a week later, they’re asking people to pray for those they met as Hurricane Beryl batters the island nation .
“The director had said to myself and others, ‘Pray for us. We are concerned about the hurricanes.’ And just a few days later, all of a sudden, Beryl comes out of nowhere,” Rev. William Ledoux told 12 News, referring to the director of Blessed Assurance, the residential program where Holy Apostles’ missionaries volunteered.
According to the organization’s website , Blessed Assurance houses more than 30 children and adults with disabilities ranging from schizophrenia to cerebral palsy. It’s part of a nonprofit called Mustard Seed Communities , which conducts community outreach in Jamaica, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Zimbabwe and Malawi.