Chaplain to the President of Chile – Rev Alfredo Cooper talks of the faith of the rescued miners
Written by author on October 18, 2010
The Rev. Alfredo Cooper was interviewed by BBC Five Live’s Peter Allen, as the miners were being raised to the surface last Wednesday. He spoke of the way in which each of the miners commented that, “There weren’t 33 people down there, but 34; Jesus was with us”.
Rev Cooper also spoke of the way in which many scientists and engineers were amazed at the miraculous nature of the rescue mission, seeing the hand of God at work.
Many of the miners emerged from the rescue pod wearing Campus Crusade T-shirts. The CCC logo of Campus Crusade for Christ is on the right shoulder and the Jesus Film ‘Jesus’ on the left hand shoulder. The front of the shirt carries the Chilean Flag with the words ‘Gracias Senor’ (Thank you Lord!)
On the back are the words of Psalm 95:4: ‘Porque en su mano están las profundidades de la tierra, y las alturas de los montes son suyas’ (In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also). The text at the bottom reads ‘To him is the honor and the glory’.
During their time underground one of the entombed miners Jose Henriquez, an evangelical preacher, had asked for 33 Bibles to be sent down to the miners in a small capsule and the miners prayed at twelve noon and six o’ clock in the evening.
Here’s the interview with Rev Alfredo Cooper (courtesy of the BBC):
