Hotel Once Flattened by the Earthquake 2005

The tsunami occurred Christmas Day, 2004; but, about 6 months later the island was shaken by an earthquake which damaged or destroyed many of the buildings on the island. Churches of Christ rebuilt several schools in the villages and put new tin roofs on almost all of our houses of worship on the island. Medical missions got involved and over a thousand cataract surgeries were performed in the months and years that followed. One of the medical missions was led by Jim Karl's organization called TEARS, while another was the work of Dr. J.C. Bailey and the Charis Foundation which still continues to work on Nias and also in the province of North Sumatra. When the earthquake occurred I was recovering from by-pass surgery in a hospital in Singapore; but, Dennis Cady was staying overnight in a two story hotel that all of us had stayed at before. To make a long story short, the hotel was flattened but Dennis was able to walk out bleeding but not too seriously injured. Below are photos of the hotel in its resurrected form. I'm happy they were able to rebuild it and I hope it stands a hundred years.