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MISSION
CHILE, CONCEPCION:

FIRST SECTOR: QUILLON/CHILLAN

SECOND SECTOR: ANTARTICA CHILENA/ÑUBLE

THIRD SECTOR: ANDALIEN/ANDALIEN

CURRENTLY: CENTRO ¨A¨/CONCEPCION

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Elder Salomon Jaar
Mision Chile Concepcion
O´Higgins 940, Oficina 502
Chile Concepcion
CHILE

Monday, March 29, 2010

SERVICE IN DICHATO!!!










WE WENT TO DICHATO AN AFFECTED AREA BY A TSUNAMI, OUR WHOLE ZONE WENT DOWN TO A PUEBLO THATS RIGHT BY THE BEACH, A CAPTAIN COMMUNICATED WITH US AND TOLD US THE PLACES THAT WE HAD TO CLEAN UP, THEY ASSIGNED 3 BLOCKS TO OUR ZONE, AND WHAT WE WHERE SUPPOSE TO DO WAS GO INSIDE, TAKE ALL THE STUFF OUT AND CLEAN THE MUD INSIDE OF THE HOUSES THAT THE TSUNAMI HAD LEFT. THERE WAS ABOUT A FOOT OF MUD AND SAND IN THE HOUSES, THE WATER WENT LIKE 9 FEET HIGH, THE HOUSES WHERE ROTTING AWAY CAUSE OF THE SALT WATER, THE WHOLE POINT OF CLEANING THIS HOUSES AND WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT IS CAUSE WINTER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER HERE AND PEOPLE DONT HAVE A ROOF ON TOP OF THEM THEY ARE SLEEPING IN TARPS, SO NOW THAT WE CLEANED SOME HOUSES IF IT RAINS, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NOTHING, THEY CAN STILL HAVE A PLACE TO BE SO THE RAIN DOSENT FALL ON THEM. IT WAS SAD TO SEE HOW MUCH DISTRUCTION THERE WAS, LOOKING AT LEFT OVER PICTURES IN EACH HOUSE, AND MEANWHILE WE WHERE CLEANING THEIR OWNERS CAME TO THANK US AND SEEING THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES (SOME CRYING) HELPING US HELP THEM IN THEIR HOUSES, ASKING US TO CLEAR THEIR HOMES AND JUST THROW AWAY EVERYTHING. SOME DIDNT EVEN WANT THE HOUSE STANDING CAUSE IT CAUSED SO MUCH PAIN. WE CLEANED AROUND 25 HOUSES IN 7 HOURS, THATS CLEARING ALL THE STUFF INSIDE AND TAKING AWAY THE MUD, BY THE END OF THE DAY WE WHERE WAY TIRED BUT WITH A HEART FULL OF ENERGY AND JOY. MY ZONE IS AMAZING, AND IAM SO HAPPY TO BE THEIR LEADER, THEY WORK SO HARD TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY AND THE DISPOSITION THEY HAD TO HELP THAT DAY IS PRICELESS!!! THEY TEACH ME ALOT EACH DAY THAT IAM WITH THEM AND I THANK GOD THAT IAM HERE WITH THEM AT THIS TIME. HERE ARE SOME PICS.

1 comment:

Carole Smith said...

looks like my daughter and your son are back in the same Zone again (they were in the same Zone when he was in Chillan & she was in San Carlos. Tell him he is free to tell Hermana Smith that her mom is using his blog to 'atalk' her again - and also - is it ok if I use some of the pictures of their cleanup - since Sami is having SD card problems and has not sent us any pictures since before the quake.
Carole Smith
MM to Hermana Samantha Smith