By San Paulo News Group

In the face of the disasters caused by heavy rains in some regions of Southern Brazil, our fellow initiates have put Master's loving instructions into action to render some relief to Nova Friburgo and Sumidouro. (Please refer to the report in News #178.) Later, a group of fellow initiates again brought Master's comfort to the needy in two cities: Campos de Goitacases and Muriaé.

By the morning of January 25 in Campos de Goitacases, a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, four fellow initiates met with Ms. Ana Regina Campos Fernandes, the chief of Social Development and Promotion Secretariat, to find out which kind of products should be purchased in enough quantity for all the people who had been moved to a provisional public place. We then bought R$17,972.89 (about US$8,405.27) worth of detergent, household bleach, disinfectant, hand soap, toothpaste, toilet paper, and baby diapers. By the late afternoon, the products were delivered to "Dom Delfim" Educational Center, one of the temporary storage places for relief contributions. We also bought R$10,000.00 (about US$4,676.64) worth of toothbrushes, which were delivered in February.

That night, one brother went to Muriaé, a city in the south of the state of Minas Gerais, and arrived the next day. According to the people at the Social Development Secretariat of the city, in the beginning of January, two floods had already forced many people to either leave their homes or lose their possessions. Before people could recover, Muria¨¦ had just suffered another flood on January 25, making more victims. After talking to Ms. Eveline Amaral, the chief of this secretariat, the brother bought 191 portable mattresses worth R$5,440.00 (about US$2,544.09) for the city's victims, especially the recent ones. The mattresses were soon carried onto a city hall's truck and taken to a club where the relief materials were temporarily stored.

We felt that it was God's arrangement that we always arrived in time wherever we went to bring Master's love and some material comforts to those in need.

A child helping to carry diaper packages into storage places.	Fellow initiates with the Social Promotion and Development Secretariat personnel in Campos de Goitacases
A receipt from Social Development and Promotion Secretariat in Campos de Goitacases	A receipt from "Dom Delfim" Educational Center (on behalf of Social Development Secretariat in Muria¨¦) for the 191 portable mattress contributed to flood victims

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