update

UPDATE:

Thank you again for your prayers, I talked to Teresa today FINALLY and she is fine, her and her whole family are in their house in Concepcion, in the neigborhood that got hit the hardest, but their house is fine... they have no electricity internet or running water, but they have cell service, candles, and a little food the police are bringing them day by day. It's really dangerous in their city, people are ransacking all the stores, setting fire on the businesses, robbing everywhere, so the police are patrolling all the time and they aren't allowed out of their house from 6pm-sunrise. It's crazy. Keep them in your prayers please! They sounded very stressed and scared but they know they are in God's hands. They went through a terrible three days after the earthquake because they couldn't find their grandmother, and finally found her alone three days later, I don't know details but I know it was traumatic. Keep them in your prayers, but thank God they are all alright. Daniela and her family are fine too, I havent talked to her but I know she is alright and with her family. Thank God.

The base here is starting to organize resources and teams to start building long-term housing and short-term shelter and do clean-up, relief efforts, etc, here in town and throughout Chile. If anyone wants to get in contact with the director of the base here, Mitch Anderson (who is from Santa Cruz, California, is a total surfer Calvary Chapel guy, went to CC Santa Barbara for years and years and is an amazing man of God with a heart for Chile and transforming society to reach people for Christ), let me know, I can get you connected to him to send resources, teams, equipment, finances, whatever. Thanks for your prayers and support!

As the death count rises here (803 as far as I know), we are covering Chile in our prayers, asking God for His provision, protection, quick rebuilding, wise management of resources and aid, as well as remembering Haiti here and how the corruption and roots the country was founded on (apparently the Haitians dedicated their island to Satanism in "exchange" for freedom from French colonialism... so they basis the country was founded on includes lots of slavery, withcraft, Satanism, child prostitution and human trafficking for slavery, prostitution and organ sales - these cultural and spiritual elements in Haiti are really making rebuilding difficult... keep praying for the power of Christ to set people free and bring light, hope and rebuilding to Haiti, and that Chile can avoid that corruption in the relief efforts and inflow of volunteers and resources and finances. Thank God the country here has a much more sound government, with a lot more regulations and checkpoints the money will have to pass through, and will evangelical and Catholic roots the people are going back to now. It's heartbreaking to see this country I love so much hit so hard with this disaster, but I know God has a plan and is bringing hope here already... I personally have talked to many people who thank God for their safety and are turning back to their roots as Christians or Catholics and leaning on the Lord in a time of crisis... He is working...

Love you all, thanks for your prayers!