This photo shows one of the points where fires have been burning during the weekend and now.
This particular one is behind the rural Mapuche community where Bishop Abelino was born and raised. Fortunately, in this case, the fire has gone away from homes.
But as we write, they are evacuating people from where Marita’s family lives and there the fires have reached to their nearest neighbor’s property.
On Saturday night, Pedro spent most of the night helping protect the school where his father works and right now he and Joyanne have gone out to Marita’s family home to offer their help.
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In Dollinco, they have no electricity, so they have no water, and that makes it difficult for Pastor José’s family, as their daughter, Adriana, is terminally ill with cancer.
In our own church in Labranza, Sonia, one of the members, was worried yesterday that their wheat crop will be burned if they can’t get it harvested.
The sky is gray and smoky today in Temuco and a nearby hill is on fire
Thank you for your prayers. We will keep you posted.
Russ and Heidi
We know how scary those fires can be, and the harm they can do. We are in the Gold Country of California. After the Camp Fire near us killed 89 people, some of our friends were inundated by relatives or friends who lost everything except their pets, but everything else. One of the “original sins,” greed, has made the aftermath very frustrating. People whose home had been burned out were promised a new apartment to rent, only to find, after a couple of months of waiting, that the landlord had found someone else who could pay much more for the place. The people burned out had to start looking for a place to live all over again, and our friends had relatives living with them for a long time. We pray for much generosity and patience for those able to help the victims of your fire. God bless you, and know that you can trust that God is with you. “When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, His grace all sufficient, shall be thy supply.”