General Information about starting this honor

Honors are merits that are earned by doing specific things about something. This honor is about ministering to family and others during a disaster. The webpage that I have displayed the page shows you what this honor page looks like. I will explain what each section is and how it works with the honor.

A disaster is a serious problem occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

Disaster Ministry Honor is designed to help the pathfinder or adults to understand the need to be ready when a disaster occurs. Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95% of all deaths caused by hazards occur in developing countries, and losses due to natural hazards are 20 times greater (as a percentage of GDP) in developing countries than in industrialized countries. No matter what society disasters occur in, they tend to induce change in government and social life. They may even alter the course of history by broadly affecting entire populations and exposing mismanagement or corruption regardless of how tightly information is controlled in a society.

You have already started the honor page by pressing honors on the main webpage at  MRDSTORIES.COM

The screen will change and the honor page will come up. Please make sure to check into the Latest Changes and Goodies.

Then press the Disaster Ministry option found on the screen.
The next screen shows you the various options you need to complete to earn this honor.

Now the general description of what disasters cause in our society has been displayed for you. The information at the bottom of this screen; like Worksheet and PDF – will be explained in the starting video called ‘Disaster Ministry Honor’.

There is three links that have been added to the bottom of this webpage.

• Wikipedia
• Adventist Disaster Preparation Manual
• Additional Links on Disasters

The three links share information on disasters that you may find helpful. Save the information for future use.
Please pay attention to Mr. D’s suggestive help in what you should do to help you complete this honor.