"Amidst this massive disaster, there are a few Christian believers inside who are giving whatever they have to assist the ones who are suffering. It is only a drop of water in the whole ocean."
Jubilee Action has launched a Burma appeal to help bring drinking water, plastic sheeting, dried and staple foods, and medical supplies to survivors.
"We will be all working together to bring the hope of Jesus and the love of Christ from our Christian brothers around the world, whose hearts go out to the people of Burma," said Pastor Timothy, who will travel to the disaster zone with medical professionals.
At least 100,000 people are thought to have died when the cyclone triggered a storm surge across the Irrawaddy delta in the early hours of 2 May.
Aid workers warn that the death toll could see a dramatic rise if survivors do not receive food, clean water and medicine in the next few days. Government aid is virtually non existent and there are also reports of towns and villages on the edges of the disaster zone being swamped with refugees beyond manageable levels.
Australian firefighter Craig Allan is a member of Baptist World Aid organisation "Rescue 24", which aims to put an emergency team on the ground within 24 hours of any disaster anywhere in the world. He fears that in Burma's case, it could be 24 days before they make it to the disaster zone.
"It is very frustrating," said Allan, who flew to Bangkok to apply for a visa on Thursday.
The first US aid flight to Burma arrived on Monday, but officials there say they will not allow foreign aid workers to distribute the aid to the estimated 1.5 million people in need.
"It is a shocking and devastating tragedy that we have not yet seen the full effect of," said Brian Houston, National President of the Australian Christian Churches and Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church.
"Burma is on the brink of an even greater humanitarian disaster unless food, water and medical supplies are allowed to enter the country to feed and help the starving and the displaced," he said.
"We are praying that the Burmese military junta will be moved by this human tragedy and open their borders to overseas aid and disaster relief workers to enter the country as quickly as possible.
"...We are believing for miracles," he continued. "Raising funds is the easy part, getting the aid to those who desperately need it is going to be the biggest challenge."
