I will try to answer your questions, but i don't know if i will remember all of them. The earthquake was in my mission, but it was fine. We were teaching a lesson and it started. We just sat there and then it got bigger, so we had to leave the house. There wasn't a lot of houses that fell, just the older ones. Chile is prepared for stuff like this. Illapel is like twenty miles away. It was worse there. So we just had to sit out outside for a while. My companion who is from Chicago and I were pretty calm. It was an interesting feeling. There after a few minutes the earthquake finally stopped. After that we had to go look for members and stuff like that to see if everyone was ok, and to see if we could do anything to help them. It was dark by then, so we went to do service on Thursday. It really wasn't too bad. We were just really lucky. Our apartment is on the fourth floor. The after shocks kept going all night. The big ones happen at night, but honestly I am so tired in the middle of the night I don't even care. I am doing good if I open my eyes and just wait for it to pass, and then try to go back to sleep. We had plenty of food. The water got cut for a little bit, but never for the three days like they it would be. We had no electricity for like a day, but other then that it was fine. We are doing good, just working like normal. The little kids are scared, but that is about it.
I gave a talk yesterday in church, and I presided over the meeting so I got to take the sacrament first. That was cool. Then my companion is the secretary of the ward. My job is easy compared to his. We have interviews tomorrow with President Diaz, so that will be good. We have to clean the house a little, and I need to cut my hair. We have a few people that could get baptized any day. They just have to come to church this week. This week, I ate sheep, rabbit, and all kinds of meat for Chile's Independence Day. It was fun. Other then that, I am safe so don't worry. Have a good week.
Love,
Elder Gillies
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