all we have left is words

Give your children to God.  Yesterday when the phone rang and we learned about Chile, my wife said,  “They are in God’s hands.”  Every since they were born we have been learning that lesson.  But today again, we have learned it anew.  You can’t control how the circumstances of life will affect your children, all you can do is trust them into the hands of God.  It doesn’t come easy, in fact, as time goes on it becomes harder and harder, so my advice to parents is give your children to God early and often.  So that, when their apartment is destroyed by an 8.8 earthquake, you can say, “They are in the hands of God”. 

You should know that my wife says it better and more calmly than I do and is my source of strength and reminder that if God loved Anna enough to send His son to die for her, He is not going to play fast and loose with her life.

Below is Anna’s communication for the day.

Subject: all we have left is words

Hello family.
Jeff snapped this picture of us as we finished taking stuff out yesterday  evening.  These were the last items we took in our hands, and he thought the scrabble was hilarious. 
Today we went back with guys and trucks and we got to take everything out.  all the appliances, the furniture.  We are grateful.  A family is storing it for us now.  Tomorrow we will begin to ask around for housing and see what our options are.

We are still very tired.  We didn´t sleep so well last night.  There was a morning wakeup aftershock around 8:45, which made me nervous, but it was a bit sad seeing our other neighbors for the last time.  Many had trucks too.  Some nearby house neighbors helped out by loading the trucks, while we brought the items out.  As I saw the building again, I am reminded how impossible it would have been to get out any later (on the other tower).  I haven`t watched much news today yet, but have heard the death toll is rising.  substantially. The southern cities are so damaged and destroyed.  We pray for those who are riskign their lives and working endlessly to repair and restore life to these communities.

I´`ll call you later.
Anna

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jeff Phillips <iamjeffphillips@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Subject: DSCN0347
To: Anna Bigelow <anna.bigelow@gmail.com>

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