Twin earthquakes on June 24 in Venezuela left a graphic trail of destruction. Government-built housing was torn apart, leaving thousands of families homeless. Evacuated high-rise buildings became uninhabitable. Families risked their lives to retrieve what they could from the rubble.

Twin earthquakes on June 24 in Venezuela left a graphic trail of destruction. Government-built housing was torn apart, leaving thousands of families homeless. Evacuated high-rise buildings became uninhabitable. Families risked their lives to retrieve what they could from the rubble.

Twin earthquakes on June 24 in Venezuela left a graphic trail of destruction. Government-built housing was torn apart, leaving thousands of families homeless. Evacuated high-rise buildings became uninhabitable. Families risked their lives to retrieve what they could from the rubble.

Following the sinking of their boat, Lori Ruacho, part of a mission team to Africa’s Democratic Republic of the Congo, floats after spending all night in the dark on Lake Tanganyika. The group of 11—eight from Calvary Chapel High Desert in Hesperia, CA—lost almost all their supplies to the lake. At first, team spirit was high; but as night descended, fatigue and hypothermia took their toll.