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Update from Chile


The news is not good for our brethren in Chile. As you can imagine, communications have been disrupted. I received an email from the National Overseer. He reports that 80% of the country has been affection and according to his email over 700 have lost their lives. Apparently, the National Tabernacle has suffered 60% damage.

I am asking you to help us pray for Bishop Toledo and the brethren there. This is a little different, but in order to help him get the word out, I am including his email in spanish below....

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Terremoto en Chile


Mar 1, 2010



Nuestro paĆ­s trata de recuperarse de un devastador terremoto de 8.8 grados de magnitud en la escala de Richter, que azotĆ³ la madrugada del 27 de febrero a la zona centro sur de Chile, dejando cientos de muertos, dos millones de damnificados y un millĆ³n de viviendas daƱadas.
Se trata de una catĆ”strofe de enormes dimensiones que tuvo un impacto en el 80% de nuestra poblaciĆ³n. Acorde el Ćŗltimo reporte oficial de la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi), informĆ³ que las vĆ­ctimas superan las 708 personas, cifra que lamentablemente, se espera siga aumentando.

Con estas condiciones, hay muchas zonas que tienen serios problemas para restablecer la comunicaciĆ³n. Por lo mismo, ha sido muy difĆ­cil registrar oficialmente el estado de nuestros ministros, hermanos y templos.

De forma progresiva, y generalmente a travĆ©s de las redes sociales, hemos estado recopilando informaciĆ³n, sobre la situaciĆ³n en la que se encuentran los hermanos a lo largo del paĆ­s.

Gracias a Dios, hasta el momento, nadie de nuestra iglesia se encuentra entre las vĆ­ctimas. AĆŗn asĆ­, rogamos sus oraciones por la regiĆ³n del Maule, epicentro del movimiento telĆŗrico, que posteriormente se vio azotada un tsunami.

Es precisamente esta regiĆ³n, la que sĆ³lo hace unos meses acogiĆ³ a los delegados de la conferencia de lĆ­deres para SudamĆ©rica. Hasta ahora ha sido imposible establecer algĆŗn tipo de contacto con nuestros hermanos que participan de las 3 iglesias y 2 misiones de la zona.

Si bien, aĆŗn es demasiado temprano para estimar los daƱos materiales que esta catĆ”strofe ha dejado en nuestros templos, nos han informado que el tabernĆ”culo nacional sufriĆ³ daƱos considerables en el 60% del techo, y daƱos estructurales en las vigas de soporte y pilares de los dormitorios laterales y la oficina nacional. Sin duda, las perdidas materiales van a requerir gigantescos esfuerzos y de un tiempo considerable de trabajo por delante.

Agradecemos infinitamente a nuestros hermanos a nivel internacional por todas sus oraciones y amor expresado desde el primer momento a travƩs de sus mensajes y correos.

En especial a nuestros hermanos Alfred Saucedo, ElĆ­as Vidal, Joey y Diana GarcĆ­a, Nilda Mireles, Henry Raney, Vonda Johnson, Ralph Badger, VĆ­ctor Parraga, Cliff Anderson, Dan Miller, a nuestros hermanos en Paraguay, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela, MĆ©xico, PerĆŗ, CanadĆ” y Estados Unidos. Muchos de ellos han estado en nuestra naciĆ³n, y hasta el dĆ­a de hoy mantienen su corazĆ³n y en la obra de nuestro paĆ­s.

Deseamos que sepan que, apreciamos su apoyo y sentimos el efecto de sus oraciones.

Si bien el gran terremoto ya pasĆ³, hasta ahora se han registrado al menos 90 rĆ©plicas, trece de Ć©stas alcanzaron magnitudes entre 5.2 y 6.9 grados. Por lo mismo, rogamos mantener sus oraciones en favor de nuestra naciĆ³n, para que podamos informar reportes sin grandes perdidas, y lo mĆ”s importante, sin vĆ­ctimas fatales. Sus oraciones son vitales en este momento.

Sabemos que nada es imposible para Dios, y nuestro pueblo se mantiene unido tras esta gran prueba.

Estaremos todas las noticias posibles, en la medida que tengamos disponible la informaciĆ³n.

Damos las gracias principalmente a Dios por su misericordia y protecciĆ³n.

Afectuosamente en Cristo, Obispo HernƔn Toledo

www.cogopchile.com

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