 The church made a sizable cash donation to the relief efforts to help speed the challenging recovery process. In a 4th of June radio interview from Papua New Guinea's capital city, Port Moresbury, Elder Jeremy R. Jaggi, a member of the church's Pacific Area Presidency, said, "...we watch with concern, with much prayer, and we hope we're contributing. We are very active in humanitarian efforts and relief of suffering. As followers of Jesus Christ, that's part of our ministry, and we're trying to do that in Papua New Guinea."