Nearly a half-year after the Feb. 27 earthquake that devastated their country, Mennonite churches in Chile have been involved in mutual aid among members and in witness to their communities.
One of the worst-hit congregations was Lota Mennonite Church, about 500 kilometres south of the capital Santiago on the Pacific coast. The region near the city of Concepci�n in central Chile, was also hard hit. More than 400 people died in the 8.8 magnitude quake, although no Mennonite members were among them.
According to Roberto Saez, Lota's pastor, the church is rebuilding the homes of four families of the congregation who lived on a hillside full of flimsy wooden houses. They are …
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