El Salvador Earthquake Victims Offered ‘the Comfort of God’s Word’

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Following January’s earthquake, in which an estimated 1,400 people were killed, the Bible Society of El Salvador gave comfort to survivors with a distribution of 855,000 items of Scripture material, consisting mainly of three quarters of a million copies of Psalm 91, entitled, in the Good News Bible, God Our Protector. The rest comprised 50,000 Mini-Comics, 40,000 copies of a Portion entitled God Our Refuge and 15,000 copies of a New Testament entitled God Speaks to Man. The cost of the Bible Society distribution, just over US$30,000, will initially be met by the UBS Rapid Response Reserve. National Bible Societies have been asked to make donations to help meet this emergency need and top up the Reserve.

Donations to cover the cost of the El Salvador earthquake response may be sent directly to the United Bible Societies World Service Center, Rapid Response Reserve, 7th Floor, Reading Bridge House, Reading RG1 8PJ, England. (WR 358/36 - 03.01) [PHOTOS] e-125