Following the deadly earthquakes on Monday, cities across Turkey and Syria are scenes of ruin. Where multi-story apartment buildings once stood lie heaps of broken concrete and twisted rebar. Rescuers spend frantic hours searching the wreckage for signs of life. Family members, neighbors, and friends watch nearby, waiting and hoping. Days with no word about their loved ones and little refuge from the cold leave them with dwindling hope.
There are a few moments of joy as workers rescue people who are still alive after spending days under the wreckage. But those moments are becoming more and more rare. Today the death toll from the earthquakes passes 25,000. Cemeteries in Turkey and Syria are quickly filling as mourning families bury their loved ones.
One area that sustained damage from the earthquakes is Antioch, Turkey, a location where Paul and Barnabas preached.
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