Chile Earthquake Aftermath #12

Dear Brother:

I have arrived home having come from the the work carried out in our churches. We worked in men's gangs in the Fourth and Fifth churches.

In the Fourth church we move away debris. As soon as we can we will work at knocking down the whole bad structure. We have prepared a small lean-to structure to allow for the activities of the church. In the Fifth church the Brothers have moved away debris and they installed a makeshift door to provide some security to the church building.

We are prepared to receive donations from God's people and have set up the proper accounting systems. This will allow us to receive gifts directly from our Conference of churches, the Bible Methodist Missions, and from friends that are independent of any of our church organizations that want to send help. We realize that the task is greater that ourselves and we are relying upon our Lord to bring in the needed help.

We are inviting to the different faithful churches in the whole world to be integrated in prayer for Chile, one week in that one will pray for the reasons that we inform every day.

The ideal thing is that who are integrated they inform of the changes schedules and remember to pray at 10.00 o'clock AM and 10:00 PM Chile time ((8 am and 8 pm Eastern Time)).

We will pray for:
1 - The family Villalobos that has lost three members of their family in the city of Constitution
2 - The children and families of the Church of Curicó that have had lost of houses and they are without foods.
3 - For the several families of the churches in Santiago that have suffered loss.
4 - For the brothers of the Bible Presbyterian Church of the city of Constitution that they are still in the hills and they have lost their houses
5 - For the diverse elderly people that have been affected.
6 - For the nation of Chile so that it returns their view to God and it looks for Him for strength
7 - For the Church in Chile, so that God gives us wisdom and strengthens us in the task of giving testimony and to continue preaching the salvation by the grace of God and for faith in Jesus Christ.

Still when we are tired and suffering, we don't dismay.

Today for the first time in the whole week I spilled tears. I have listened to very sad news the whole week, but today I saw the testimony of a man that saved his wife and two grandchildren from the tsunami. He exposed himself to die for them, he hugged them with all his strength. But his arms weren't able to hold them all and the smallest of the three grandchildren was lost to the sea. He has walked up and down the coastline for one week.

Today he fell on knees, among the debris and he lifted a small cap. It is all that has found of his youngest grandchild. He cried bitterly. This one doesn't want help. He doesn't want food. He doesn't want a house nor a car. He wants their small grandchild.

This broke me and I wanted to hug my children and grandchildren and to give thanks to God. But at the same time my heart wondered, seeing so many forlorn hearts and such a great need.

Pray for us!!!

In Christ

Pastor David Horta
Presidente IMI Chile