SERVING IN THE MICRONESIA GUAM MISSION "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall." -Helaman 5:12

Sunday, March 13, 2011

survived the tsunami warning

Hey Mom!
Ranineem!! Ifa Soum Faminiei???!!!!  (how are you my family?)  

So this week was probably the most interesting and funniest week so far on my mission and not just because of the Tsunami!   I was with Elder Nicerio who is from the Phillipines because both of our companions were in Guam for Leadership training!  He is absolutely hilarious!  We would be talking to people when we were tracting and we if they would reject us he would say to me..."they are afraid to know the truth, I can testify of that my brother!"  He is just a lot of fun to be around and we get along very well.   

Then on friday the Tsunami warning happened.  It turns out that Saipan was protected by the Tsunami because of the marianas trench and so we were fine.  When we received the warning we were helping someone move and we had all their stuff in our pickup truck.   We were driving on beach road and we had the cab top open and a whole bunch of their boxes fell out and so we had to stop at the side of the road, get out of our cars and pick it all up!  Turns out it was just some water, cleaning chemicals and some tupperware and my companion called the member and told him in tagolag "Brother... your stuff is missing from the  pickup and your tupperware is rolling on the road!"  He didn't say Kuma sat or hello or anything he just straight said that and it was so funny we were laughing so hard!   The way he talks is very amusing!  Very straightforward and matter of factly. 

Back to the Tsunami warning.  At first we had no idea what to do so we put food and supplies in the back of the truck and went around warning members.   We couldn't contact anyone at the mission home in Guam or our local leaders because they were all in leadership training.  They called us two hours later and told us to go out and make sure all the members were aware of the warning and get to higher ground!  The whole Island went insane!  All the grocery stores were packed since everyone was stocking up on food and buying gas.  We were fortunate because our truck had plenty of gas and our truck was loaded with lots of food and so we were just fine!  

SO I am still ALIVE!!  

WELL i GOTTA GO, 

LOVE YA, 

C YA
Love Elder Kearl  
branch get together

cute kid
more cute kids
typical meal we are served

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