Over 1.2 million people have been affected by the earthquake that hit Guatemala on the morning of Wednesday, 7 November. OM Guatemala asks for your prayers. “It was a sad day for Guatemala,” said OM leader Pilar Castro. The 7.4-magnitude earthquake that jolted the country killed at least 52 people; 22 are still missing. Over 200 people are injured.Its epicentre was located 24 kilometres (about 14 miles) off shore south of the coastal town of Champerico, but the OM team also felt the tremor in the capital, Guatemala City.

The generous donation of 1,500 toothbrushes by a Christian dentist from the US was just right for the ministry of the OM team in Bar, Montenegro. In Montenegro, as elsewhere in the Balkans, many local people don't see the need to attend to their children's milk teeth-why bother when the teeth will soon fall out?The OM team already had good contacts with kindergarten teachers around Bar and arranged to visit 10 kindergartens, staging 15 dental hygiene presentations.