Scientology Volunteer Ministers team up with Christian pastor responding to Cyclone Winston.
Fiji, March 30, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Pastor Alfred (Alfy) Waqa and his team of 10 Volunteer Ministers are helping their village of Nalalawa, Fiji, recover from Cyclone Winston.
The storm rampaged through the island on February 20, killing 42. With wind gusts near its center at some 200 miles per hour, Cyclone Winston is the strongest tropical storm ever measured in the Southern Hemisphere.
Pastor Alfy’s Volunteer Ministers are working in their village to help with the cleanup. The storm, which ripped at least one village house right off its foundation, damaged most of the local dwellings.
Pastor Alfy became a Volunteer Minister in 2012 when the Scientology Volunteer Ministers South Pacific Goodwill Tour helped the island recover from severe floods. He studied the program’s courses and immediately established a Volunteer Ministers group.
Last year, Pastor Alfy provided disaster relief in the nearby island nation of Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam. And just as he was completing his mission there, the Nepal earthquake struck and he joined the Volunteer Ministers Nepal Disaster Response.
One of the most important skills of a Volunteer Minister is Scientology assists—techniques developed by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard that address the spiritual and emotional components in stress and trauma. To make the most impact possible in helping the villagers recover from the impact Cyclone Winston has had on their lives, Pastor Alfy and his Volunteer Ministers are training villagers to provide these techniques to one another. So far, they have trained 50 to deliver these procedures.
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