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Published on: 3/30/2009
Last Visited: 4/13/2009
According to Pastor Bob Ona (First Assembly of God, Fargo, North Dakota), Fargo residents are breathing a little easier as the flooded Red River has slowly begun to recede.
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The weather turned unseasonably cold, which stopped a lot of runoff and snowmelt and was a tremendous blessing," Ona says.
"We thank God for that."
On Sunday, several hundred people attended a morning service at First Assembly of God, which had served as a staging site for sandbag volunteers all last week.
Attendees were told to come ready to work so that they could quickly mobilize and respond with help if a crisis arose that morning.
"We're still at the ready because we may need to evacuate yet if the levies give out here," Ona says of the current conditions in Fargo.
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Ona described the service as a time of encouragement in the Lord.
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"I would request that the Fellowship would pray we would know how to bless our community in the aftermath," Ona says.
"We want to give more affirmation for what Jesus can do as people rebuild their lives."
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