Message from the Methodist Bishop in Chile
Below is a message from the Methodist Bishop in Chile:
METHODIST CHURCH OF CHILE REPORT ON SITUATION ORIGINATED BY EARTHQUAKE
A fraternal greeting in the grace and peace of our Lord. Jesus Christ, special way to the Methodist brotherhood in the districts " William Taylor”, Concepción and the South, that undergo the rigor of the recent earthquake that has affected these regions of our country. Our solidarity and pray by the congregations, like also by thousands of our compatriots who are living this reality. We also express our affection and gratitude to the foreigners that have made us feel their concern, pray and support in these circumstances
Just yesterday Sunday and today Monday, after unfruitful efforts to obtain some telephone communication, we subsequent to have a partial vision of the situation the earthquake. Luckyly, until the moment, one has not inquired into damages or injuries to the methodist brotherhood integrity of. Nevertheless, the infrastructure of temples, pastoral houses, institutions or houses of the members of our Church, like also its equipment and furniture of houses, have been awfully damaged, especially in the churches of the districts “William Taylor”, Concepción and the South (seventh, eighth and ninth region of our country).
In some places, like for example: Church of Camilo Olavarría, has been necessary to evacuate the pastoral house by severe damages in its infrastructure and in other cities also the damages to pastoral houses have been considerable. The temples of Angol, Second of Temuco, Chillán, Los Angeles, First of Santiago, have serious damages in their infrastructure, other cases the damages are little smaller, but also of taken care of much. (Concepción, Temuco, Temple, and, the agriculture boarding school of El Vergel) In several properties of the Church, as much in Santiago as in province, the peripheral walls with the neighbors have collapsed
There are churches of which we do not have information some until the moment: Talcahuano, Chiguayante, Coelemu, among others, by mainly not to have been possible to establish some kind of communication.
In most of the cases not yet there is provision of the basic services: potable water, electrical energy, cellular telephone or. The food shortage is let feel with severity, like also the lack of fuels. In the central offices of theMethodist Church in Santiago, street Sergeant 1041, has been stated significant damages in its infrastructure, in addition, the potable water provisions and electricity not yet have been restored.
In the middle of this circunstance, we make a call express our brotherly solidarity throughg the prayers and helps by means of love offerings that allow us to accompany this difficult moment that many of our brotherhood are lived.
We express to each of them, next to its families, the love and communion of the Church, in the certainty that will receive the strength necessary to face this circunstance.
“But in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Romans 8:37
Brotherly in Jesus Christ.
Mario Martinez Tapia
Bishop Methodist Church of Chile
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