Yes we did...it was beautiful...I got to go with all of Felix and Lili´s ´(that´s the people I´m staying with here)jeeping buddies to a wonderful beach about 45 minutes from Antofagasta(Will and Joy, between Hornitos and Mejillones). I took lots of pictures, but unfortunately I can´t upload them from here because I didn´t bring my cable..duh...anyway the water was ICE cold like it always is and took some getting used to..but we had all the comforts of home..except a bathroom and that made it necesary to take dune buggy rides in what we named the ¨Potty buggy¨ We had a real Chilean cook out with steak and about 6 different kinds of salads...while we were waiting for the steak to cook..they made us what they call ¨little sausage sandwiches¨ (choripanes, Kim and Joy)about two hours before we ate lunch (at 4:00) we had their famous meat pies (empanadas de pino, Joy and Kim) I only went in the water once, because the sun was super strong and I ended up just burning the tops of my feet because I forgot to put sun screen on them..oops. One of the BIG waves knocked me over and I went down and rolled over and over about 5 times...I ate sand, was exfoliated inside and outside..besides being the comedy show for everyone else..ha. AND I haven´t even gotten to the exciting part yet. So as we are getting ready to leave...(we had two off road jeeps, a dune buggy and a dirt bike for the ¨boys¨ to play with)the oldest teen ager (19) is messing around on his bike and on his way down the HUGE dune, hit a sand speed bump that stopped the bike..but he continued flying through the air. Today was the first day for him to get back on the bike after having broken his leg on it two years ago. This is where the ¨excitement¨ comes in...it looked like he was injured pretty severely..couldn´t breath and his back hurt really bad. When he fell he hit his chest first, his head bounced and they said that his back bowed like a U shape..somehow he ended up laying on his back and couldn´t move. His nose looked broken and he had cut his upper lip severely..but mostly we were worried about his back. We had to send Felix into the city (20 minutes away) to bring back paramedics with a body board and neck collar..we waited for an hour and they finally showed up...then all the guys and some women carried Rodrigo up the HUGE dune to one of the trucks we had there and then we had to slowly take him back to the highway (35 minutes away) where the ambulance was waiting for us. The ambulance couldn´t enter in where we were because it wasn´t a 4X4. We then took him to the little town´s hospital where they could give him something for the pain and xray him. We had begun to leave the beach at 8 PM. Once they saw that nothing was broken, back, neck, ribs then they said he could be transferred to the good hospital here in Antofagasta. We left the little town´s hospital about 11 PM and got home about midnight. We will find out tomorrow just how he is doing, but Thank the Lord he wasn´t severly injured. Sorry this is so long..but it was quite a day for us all. I was able to pray with one of the other young ladies that was there because she was really upset by the whole thing and I told the parents as well as Rodrigo that I was praying for them. None of them are believers. So I guess that´s it for today..we will see what tomorrow brings..good night..or is it good morning?
