New Chile Update

A quick note we received.

On Saturday, February 27, 2010, an earthquake hit central Chile and the city of Concepcion. The coastal areas were hit the worst as a tsunami followed the earthquake. including Concepcion, where the international convention was held. Although one sister suffered a broken arm, none of the brothers suffered major injuries or died. The branch buildings physically had no damage. The Bethel family there is fine. The Branch formed relief committees. Two trucks with 13 tons of relief including food, mattresses and drinking water left the branch to the affected areas. After distributing to the friends, they enlisted the help of the military to distribute the remaining drinking water to non-Witnesses. The military arranged the distribution at gunpoint so everyone got 20 liters of water each. The brothers thank us for all the concern, interest and prayers.

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