NEW Zealand has already sent civil defence volunteers, search-and-rescue teams, and firefighters – now six Anglican priests are being dispatched to flood-ravaged Queensland.
Their grim tasks could include leading funerals and supporting grief-stricken families.
The Bishop of Wellington, Tom Brown, approached the priests about going to Australia after talking to Brisbane’s Archbishop Dr Phillip Aspinall.
There is a nice photo of some of the group in this New Zealand report.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4554900/Six-good-samaritans-off-to-flood-zone
God bless ’em. That is tough work.