CURICO, CHILE: Ivan Pino is from Curico, about 150 km (93 miles) from the hard-hit city of Constitución. He had been traveling in the southern part of the country when the powerful earthquake struck on February 27th. “I was so happy to see my family again,” he says.

VALDIVIA, CHILE: Last Saturday's earthquake in Chile was the fifth most powerful ever recorded, measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale. Brunstad.org's correspondent in Chile, Erich Guerrero, experienced the earthquake himself.

Eight months after being involved in a dramatic car accident, Susanne Auke completed her rehabilitation at Sunnaas hospital near Oslo last week. The 14 year old is in good shape and ready to move home and start school again.

Andrew Taylor is one of the 450 people who has come to the conference center at Macleay in Oregon, USA to hear the Word of God during this last weekend in January.