I have some new news, our new field leader Carlos, and our team leader Yerko are going to concepcion today and another area about 3 hours away that was very badly affected by the earthquake. They will take some food, and see if they can help the local churches, but the main point of their trip is to try to set up connections with the churches so that we might go and do some relief work. Our 'adventure trip' has been cancelled as we felt we could not go to the south and have a nice time, and sit in a restaurant when there are people half an hour away from where we would be fighting to get food for themselves and their families. We really feel God has us here for a reason, and God protected us and so we might go out and serve others. We are so grateful that we are all still in a position to give.

I am getting itchy feet wanting to do something about what's happened. The initial reaction is just to get to the epicenter and just help people in any way we can, but this is not actually the wisest, as many are without food and water, and having us there would just add to the pressure. We would be more of a hinderance.

Please pray for the trip, that they will have wisdom and will see places where we really can help in a good way. Pray that they can also share hope whilst being there.

Thank-you all so much for praying, I believe that God really can and should be lifted up in this time. Only he is constant, and I have seen so much now how we can only rely on him.

Pray for one of our OM workers here in Chile, Mario whose wife is coming back from concepcion today. We think she was there during the quake, but couldn't quite understand all he was saying in the meeting as he was clearly very upset. It would have been crazy to have been there during the quake. It was the city most affected in Chile. We think that she may have had her 2 year old son with her, but again I am not sure. Either way, pray for her safe return, and pray for the effect it would have had on her and the rest of the family. I know that Mario was extremly concerned about her.