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International Ministries
$20,000 OGHS funds for Chile, partner sends supplies and assessment team.
Bt Jim Wiegner
$20,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) funds have been made available through International Ministries (IM) for emergency needs in Chile, the south American country that was the scene of one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on February 27. IM partners in Chile are the Convention Baptist Churches of the Chilean Mission and the Baptist Theological Institute.
On March 5, seven Baptist leaders filled their trucks with basic food supplies and left Temuco Chile to help church members in the heavily dammaged earthquake zone along the coast. The National Baptist Convention of Chile has responded quickly to mobilize people and supplies to take advantage of the newly opened roads.
The team will visit churches and their neighbors in the community of Cerro Verde, devastated by the tsunamai; and then on to Concepcion, Coronel, Chillan, Talca, Linares, and Laja. This will start the process of evaluation to begin meeting the physical, economic, social and spiritual needs of churches and their community.
Donations to the One Great Hour of Sharing continue to be needed for further projects. Donors can give through the IM website: www.internationalministries.org/item/81, or by check to:OGHS - Chile Earthquake Relife" and mailed to: International Ministries, PO Box 851, Valley Forge, Pa 19482-0851. Support can also be given by American Baptists through their church by making checks payable to the church with "One Great Hour of Sharing - Chile Earthquake Relief" written in the memo section.
