WILLS POINT, TX – After cyclone rains turned a riverside community dangerous, a pastor rescued from floodwaters and his wife found help through officials, friends and a local church. Their night moved from fear to safe refuge as people answered calls, opened a locked gate and helped them through chest-high water.
The fury of Cyclone Ditwah turned a humble community nestled by a winding river into a sea of dangerous, churning water.
Amidst the catastrophic flooding that engulfed parts of Sri Lanka in late November 2025, one family’s harrowing night of clashing faith and fear played out inside the sanctuary where they served.
On November 28, 2025, the floodwaters began their relentless creep. First, they blocked the road leading to the local church, and then they swamped the residence of the church pastor, Pastor Kobe.
As the river swelled with cyclonic rains, Sister Noemi, Pastor Kobe’s wife, urgently recognized the danger. “We must go to the church,” she insisted. They swiftly gathered essentials and sought refuge in the church building, confident in its defense since the foundation towered eight feet above ground level.
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