Good news: we are well, our apartment is ok the mission office is ok, but---
Bad News: last night between 8 and 10 pm while two elders were working in their office and some kids were playing futbol in the church parking lot someone apparently walked in from outside went into the president's unlocked office and took our computer--nothing else, they even left the power cord and mouse, just unplugged them and skeedaddled. I don’t know if they can use it with a Chilean cord. They may blow it up trying. We have posted a reward. Kevin says appeal to their goodness. The mission office is at the rear of the stake center and is unlocked when someone is here, and the president´s office is always locked, but someone misplaced the key to his office yesterday. This was a crime of opportunity by someone who knew the routine, and the goods have already been sold on the street several times. (Law and Order de Santiago: no use calling the police, ask the members). Most likely we´ll never see it again. I just hope it wasn´t a church member, but if it was, kids brag and talk, and the truth will out eventually, with or without recovering the Toshiba.
All is not lost. photos are still on the camera or the external hard drive (thanks Beth) all passwords have been changed (thanks Kevin & Beth); banks and visas are ok no overnight activity. We lost our musica and spanish lessons and a few documents. AND three weekends of work by Beth to download and organize everything. We still have the spanish and music on our i-thing, and will now use it more for study and entertainment—haven’t found anywhere with wifi. We can replace everything over time. We may not be able to Skype for a while. They don't allow it here, but the Pres has it at his home and we are going there for dinner on Sat., 25 Sept. Maybe then. We still have our gmail account and can use the office computadora when no one else is on, and they are in and out of the office all day and night, so we´ll keep up the emails. They may be short and sweet and more frequent.
Is everybody OK so far? Relax and take a deep breath, say a little prayer of thanks, and life goes on.
Don´t know how much longer I´ll have on the computer, so this may be the end. . . or not. . .
This afternoon we have to do our shopping because EVERYTHING will be closed for the next four days for the bicentennial. What do missionaries do during a four day holiday? Missionary work of course--life goes on, right? But there will be no mail and the correos de chile will be closed too so the pouch plan is up in the air for next week, and nothing for us to sort and prepare until Tues. Besides all the personal mail and packages we handle mail and orders to and from the area office in the city center where we have to go in person each week, all the office correspondence to missionaries, all reports, bills, reimbursement requests and payments, all requests for and deliveries of supplies like el libro de mormon, passalong cards, folletos (pamphlets)--everything essential to missionary work that can´t be sent by email in a minute on Monday after writing home. They only get half an hour on line once a week on p-day, unlike us.
This keyboard is different from ours in evy way but letters and numbers. _All the auxilary keys are in different places or in spanish, so if you see{ ñ +¿ strange things understand it takes a lot of concentration and editing, which
Also on Wed night we went to branch choir practice. WOW! no one was there when the elders dropped us off and the gate was locked. after a while one 14 year old girl spoke about as much enlgish as we do spanishñ, hte light swith is lockin in the sacrament closet and no had akey unttil the president came, the music they wante to sing was recorded on a cell pone by a popular chur h singer who dhoesn{t aollow the hymn boolk verson.
That{s all foljkds, -w{re going shoopíng and home.. a cab to the store and a cabv home about $5 each ride. no choice until we learn the bus routs or get a car. the assistantes found several online last night they are calling for us. the one we like best is inantofogasta, athousand miles or oree north.
LUV TO ALL CAIO!!!
emmie or beth or anyone if you find If You Could Hie to Kolob and Come Thou Font of Every Blessing in Spanish, would you please email it¿ thanks mom
Editor’s note: Part of this email was purposely not edited. Also, a new computer has been secured, prepared and will be on its way after General Conference weekend. Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen.
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