We are not in the church anymore; we are in our house with the elders from Dichato. They are ok. They are wearing our clothes. Today we have interviews with the president. I had talked to the president last Tuesday. We went to Concepción on Saturday the stake presidents and bishops had a meeting with the area presidency and then we got to talk to them a bit. We have electricity - water is iffy. Curfew is from 9 to 10.
Yesterday we went to Dichato to work all day. (Elder Keller, myself and the missionaries from there.) We worked all day... visiting people and teaching some. Everything is fine…
Love you all, peace.
March 4, 2010 - The Phone Call
Nate called at 7:41 this morning and asked if we could call him back at 3:00pm our time. Of course I said YES!! He gave me the number to call, which I repeated back several times, to make sure I had it right.
When 3:00 rolled around we started trying that number. By 4:20 and after much frustration and trying two other numbers with NO luck, I sat down to send him email saying, "I don't know what happened. We tried - it rang forever - but no body ever picked up." Right then the phone rang and it was Nate! We still don't know why we couldn't call him. He said he had been trying to call us for the last 2 days. We even tried to call him right back -- it didn't work -- so finally, we just decided he would have to be the one to make the call. We spoke for 25 minutes. Having had all day to think about what I wanted to know, I typed a list of questions so we could cover everything -- and not forget anything -- in a short amount of time. I also took notes as he answered those questions and gave his account of what happened. I know, that is SO like me. I needed to be organized and methodical about this as I knew many people would be asking for details.
So, here goes. Without getting too wordy...
The good news is that all is well in his sector. He said there was no harm at all to people or buildings in that sector. He was happy, laughing and ready to get back to work. THAT is so Nate. It was great to hear his voice and feel his positive attitude.
WOW! We love that kid! =D
When 3:00 rolled around we started trying that number. By 4:20 and after much frustration and trying two other numbers with NO luck, I sat down to send him email saying, "I don't know what happened. We tried - it rang forever - but no body ever picked up." Right then the phone rang and it was Nate! We still don't know why we couldn't call him. He said he had been trying to call us for the last 2 days. We even tried to call him right back -- it didn't work -- so finally, we just decided he would have to be the one to make the call. We spoke for 25 minutes. Having had all day to think about what I wanted to know, I typed a list of questions so we could cover everything -- and not forget anything -- in a short amount of time. I also took notes as he answered those questions and gave his account of what happened. I know, that is SO like me. I needed to be organized and methodical about this as I knew many people would be asking for details.
So, here goes. Without getting too wordy...
The good news is that all is well in his sector. He said there was no harm at all to people or buildings in that sector. He was happy, laughing and ready to get back to work. THAT is so Nate. It was great to hear his voice and feel his positive attitude.
WOW! We love that kid! =D
March 3, 2010
ok.... i don't have anytime, but yes, the sea left in tome but the thing is it didn't flood the chapel... even though the chapel is right, and i mean right, next to the beach.... no water entered the chapel... there was a little puddle of about 6 inches by 6 inches that entered the chapel... right now we are in our chapel with like 5 families... everything here is fine but people are starting to rob and jack things up... plus no one has communication so we have 10 missionaries together right now.... um we have some non members here so we are going to teach them right now... i have lots of stories and details but who knows when I'll get to tell you... tome was fine because of the geography, a city called Dichato was like a shield for us... if you look on a good map, you'll see its like a shield for us - but Dichato DISAPPERARED.... completely disappeared. three tidal waves hit that place pretty hard. I'll try and write you another time... peace.i love you all... don't worry :)
P.S. the huge catholic church in tome is about to fall down
March 2, 2010 -- We FINALLY heard from Nate!!
Hello family...
I'm fine... don't worry. I love you all. Things are crazy but everything is OK - I promise. We have a curfew from 6pm to 12pm... we have zero communication with the presidente but we are OK... peace.
I'll try to write you later... but no promises.
Elder Pitcher
I'm fine... don't worry. I love you all. Things are crazy but everything is OK - I promise. We have a curfew from 6pm to 12pm... we have zero communication with the presidente but we are OK... peace.
I'll try to write you later... but no promises.
Elder Pitcher
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