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The former front door to a home frames a burned hillside in Valparaiso, Chile, on April 22. At press time, an LCMS Disaster Response team was in Chile to visit that site — where some 11,000 people are homeless as a result of wildfires — and Iquique, where an April 1 earthquake damaged more than 2,500 homes. The team and leaders of the Confessional Lutheran Church of Chile are planning a coordinated response that will include both spiritual care and emergency relief. (LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford)