This week has been a hard one. So many things happening in the world to hurt little spirits and make tears flow from even the strongest.
The earthquake in Chile has brought so many sad moments. The areas where I served as a missionary seem to be the ones directly hit. Either by the quake, or the tsunamis that followed, or the prisoners escaping due to the jails crumbling down. The information has been slow getting out since power and internet has not been available. The big city of Concepcion seems to have had so many problems with destruction and looters that the officials can't get to the small towns that have literally been wiped out.
The miracle I have seen in both the Spanish and English speaking groups is the love! The unity! The blessing of technology. There are facebook pages where I've been able to communicate with dear friends in areas where there isn't even running water yet. The spirits are high. Chile is a strong country and the people are good, hard workers. They will unite and get past this. Fuerza Chile!!!
Last night Aubrey slept in our room for the first time in many years. The discovery of the body of a teen age girl who had been missing since last week really bothered her. She said she kept seeing Chelsea King's face whenever she closed her eyes. She said she was scared of the bad guy who did this and sad for the family of the girl. My heart aches that this sweet little girl has to know about these evil things. My spirit yearns to reach out to the King family. No parents should have to know their daughter died in such a violent way.
My family needs laughter and a loving reminder that things are okay, even when things go very, very wrong in the world. Our spirits need that peace to help mend us and give us strength to reach out and help others. Though it will take more effort than it usually does, we must seek to find something to smile about!
3 comments:
Oh, Kim. My heart is just hurting right now and I'm so sorry that you are having to deal with so much of this directly. Hugs to your whole family, the whole Poway community. I look at Sammy and his innocence and just dread the day I have to start explaining the bad.
What a great post to explain how we feel. It is such a tragedy and brings so much fear. Hard to live in this crazy world sometimes. Thank goodness for the peace of the gospel and the surety that this life is not the end.
Kim you have a way with words. You have said exactly what I am feeling. It is so hard to explain something to our kids that we can't possibly understand. I am glad we have a strong community here. It has been good for my spirit to see all the community rally by the Kings. I am so very grateful to have the gospel, otherwise I don't know how I could assure my kiddos that good will prevail. This life is not the beginning or the end :D
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