Fuerza Chile!!

So, Chile has been on my mind lately. I wish I could say if only for it being one of the higlighted stops on The Amazing Race (shout out to Puerto Varas, which was in my mission) :), but primarily for the terrible 8.8 earthquake that took place there Sat. morning. As many of you know, I served a mission for my Church in southern Chile and had the opportunity to live there for a year and a half. It will always be a special place to me, not just for the amazing scenery, but the amazing people who make it the country it is. Thank goodness, since Chile is an earthquake zone, they were prepared, yet I don't think anyone can be fully prepared for the severity of an earthquake like that. Even though, I haven't quite caught the Facebook/Twitter craze, it has made me grateful as a means to contact a lot of my friends and get updates. As far as I can tell, most of my friends are o.k., just shaken up. However, the daughter of one of the families I lived with who was working in Santiago hasn't been heard from and one of my good mission friend's brother in law is also missing, so please keep them in your prayers.