Hey Family!
This week has been full of service and recovery for what happened last
Saturday to Monday. Many days were spent in the hills performing service
for members and citizens effected by the fire. There is A LOT to do up where
the fire destroyed 3 thousand houses and I feel that the process of
reconstructing what was lost will take months if not years. Most of the
families of the ward who are now without houses are still cleaning their
property so that they can begin the reconstruction. People from all parts
of Chile found transportation in order to help in the grand service project.
School was cancelled the entire week because most of the houseless people
are staying in the school buildings. Valparaiso is moving forward, slowly but
surely.
Yesterday for Easter, our Bishop explained the similarity between
Christ´s last week before his death, and the past week that we had here in
Valparaiso. In His last week, Jesus suffered from persecution, betrayal,
loneliness, denial, and everything that we have suffered, suffer right now, and
will suffer. The brief period between His utter pain in the Garden and
His sacrifice on the cross was the hardest moment when He felt the true price
of sin. The Atonement was then completed through his Resurrection on
Sunday morning, when suffering ended and light was illuminated through the
darkness. The week here in Chile started with total darkness due to the
smoke and ashes. Pain was felt by all across Chile as news spread.
Sweat was shed as those who sacrificed days of study and work came
together to repair what was lost. All work ceased on Sunday in
order to celebrate the Resurrection of our great Savior. There is always a
glimpse of hope among the clouds of darkness.
I´m going to try to send some photos really quickly!
Love
Elder
Weidman
1.
The smoke.
2. More
smoke in front of a church.
3. The
burning houses at around 10:30 PM.
Well
the computer is extremely slow so I´ll send one more of how I looked after
working in the hills all day. Just kidding. The time has ended. That´ll
have to wait for the next week.
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