Out of harm’s way

Students safe after Nepal earthquake

Four Liberty students were in Nepal at the time of the earthquake that killed more than 4,000 people. The Global Studies Department at the university has confirmed they are all accounted for
and safe.

“The Global Studies Department is in close communication with the students, their families and the organizations involved, and the situation is being monitored on a daily basis,” Mitzi Bible, senior managing editor for the News Office and Liberty Journal said.

The devastation continues to mount as the does the death toll. Aftershocks were reported on Sunday, April 26, adding to the severity of the weekend’s events.

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit just outside of Kathmandu, the country’s capital, Saturday, April 25. According to USA Today, it was 22 times more powerful than the earthquake that rocked
Haiti in 2010.

With the needs of the country growing each day, Chesed Dent, the director of global internships, suggests that students consider the many Christian organizations involved and encourages them to continue to pray for the recovery of Nepal.

“Please be in prayer for these interns and for the Nepali people as they recover from this disaster,” Bible said.

Carter is a copy editor.