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COMPASSION FUND/DISASTER RESPONSE

Helping People Across the Globe Impacted by Disasters

Compassion Fund: Global Disaster Response
Project # 40043

YOUR GIFTS RESTORE HOPE

The Compassion Fund enables our missionaries and national partners to respond to urgent situations in their communities, meeting physical needs and sharing the love of Christ.

In Vina del Mar, Chile, devastating wildfires have left thousands without homes. Our missionaries and friends are safe, but many of the blind participants in the CEMIPRE ministry to those with disabilities were directly affected—having to abandon their homes during the fire and then losing those homes. Please pray for those impacted and that we would be able to show the love and mercy of God to those affected. Your gifts will go a long way toward providing for those most in need. Scroll down for recent updates.

Thank you to those who have given recently to help provide relief and assistance in the wake of the New Year’s Day earthquake that struck Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture. We’re continuing to work with churches in the area, and helping to meet spiritual needs in one of the least churched part of Japan.

Will you give to meet needs like these? Your gifts to the Compassion Fund will help bring relief to communities devastated by disasters in parts of the world where MTW missionaries serve, and will introduce many, many to the gospel. Thank you for your prayers and support.

Please give a gift today and help restore hope to those who desperately need it.

Funds received by MTW as part of a disaster response appeal are used for relief and recovery, construction, travel for response teams, and related needs as well as for longer-term rebuilding and church planting. Exceptionally, when there are unspent funds, they will be used in future disaster and compassion situations.

RAGING WILDFIRES IN CHILE

Wildfires that started February 2 spread to heavily populated areas west of Santiago and scorched entire neighborhoods in the following days. And estimated 14,000 homes have been lost and over 100 are dead, with many more missing. The fires have hit many in Viña del Mar, where MTW missionaries David & Danielle Grotton and John and Cathy Rug minister.

We’re thankful that our missionaries are safe, but many they serve have lost their homes and more.

Please pray for the Grottons and Rugs as they make plans for how to provide relief to their community and bring the love of Jesus to people whose lives are devastated. Pray for open hearts and God’s provision during this very difficult time.

Update 4-2-24

Two months out from the date of the fires, some progress is visible. The majority of the rubble has been cleared, electricity and water are being restored to certain areas, and some 10´x 10´ emergency houses have been erected on a number of lots. However, there is still an alarming number of families living in tents, and winter is coming soon. Many times the parents are sleeping in the tents and the children are farmed out to unaffected family members or friends. We met a couple who are living in their van while their six children are living in cramped quarters with their grandmother. Unfortunately, since they were living on land that is not theirs (think squatters), building them even a temporary home is complicated.  Please pray for a compassionate and legal solution to this and many other situations like it.

An MTW team of volunteer workers arrives this coming weekend, and as they leave to go home, another arrives for a second week of work. Please pray for safe travel, the wisdom to make the best use of their time and talents, and safety on the job. Most of all, despite a language barrier, may Christ be proclaimed. 

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JAPAN EARTHQUAKE

Will You Help Us Extend Compassion to a World in Need?

Your Recent Gifts Have Supported Relief Efforts in the Following Countries/Regions

2024

Japan
Chile

2023

Haiti
West Africa
Turkey & Syria
South Asia
Democratic Republic of Congo
Uganda (Sudanese Refugees)
Acapulco, Mexico 

2022

Haiti
Belize
Caribbean
Malawi
Philippines

2021

Haiti
Ethiopia 
Belize
Panama 
Honduras
Grenada
Democratic Republic of Congo
Uganda (South Sudan Refugees)
Malawi
South Asia
Southeast Asia

2020

Madagascar
Haiti
Ethiopia
Mexico
Belize
Peru
Canada
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Caribbean

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P.O. Box 744165 
Atlanta, GA 30374-4165

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