You who are Gentiles by birth

One of my absolutely favourite Bible passages is Ephesians 2:11-13:

Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth . . . remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 

It never fails to strike a chord; I don't know exactly why. I do know that it absolutely amazes me that I, a Gentile woman who has only ever met one, non-practising Jew, who used to wander around life doing as I pleased without reference to any sort of god, who was so much without hope and without God in the world that I didn't even recognise it, that I have been adopted into this ancient religion and on equal footing with Jewish believers. I was once far away and have now been brought near.

And this is what I want for the people of Chile. I'm not trying to Bible bash them or destroy their culture - I want them to be brought near, just like I was. I want them to experience this magnificent kindness show to those who are not Jews, who would otherwise have no citizenship in Israel and no part in the covenants of the promise.