Bishop Gómez Visits Northern Zone to Support Pastoral Work During the Emergency

Today Lutheran Bishop Medardo Gómez visited the northern zone of the country, with the objective of accompanying the pastoral work done by the church in the zone. Rev. José María Saravia, who is also the pastoral coordinator for the northern zone, received the delegation in the community of Las Pampitas. The objective was to take a tour through the different Lutheran communities, but due to the strong storms and floods, this with not possible.

The zone was flooded, in the street that leads to the church building of Las Pampitas, the water was up to just under one's knee. Few families had been reunited as a result of the strong storms that didn't cease during the time the delegation was in that location.

The bishop held a brief meeting with those present to pray to God on behalf of the victimized families, especially for the children and the elderly. He also prayed that God would give strength and hope to this suffering people, suffering from climatic phenomena that had brought so much damage - in the end, the most affected are always the poor.

Rev. Chemita reported that, up until that moment, no human losses had been reported, and that the material losses still had not been quantified. Nonetheless it is known that the farmers lost their entire harvest and now have nothing on which to subsist.

In the end, Bishop Gómez delivered a small donation consisting of food stuffs for the families in the community.

Delegation of visitors: Bishop Medardo Gómez, Rev. Francisco Aguilar, Rev. Abelina de Gómez, Rev. Vilma Rodríguez, Rev. Bryn Rude, Rev. Blanca Irma Rodríguez, sister Laura Verónica Herrera y brother Jorge Castro.