I have been praying for grandma and grandpa, but I am constantly comforted by the knowledge that God gave us about after death and the plan he has created for us.
As for the fire, it would really be unfortunate if I couldnt come home to my big bed and nice room. I would imagine it would not be very fun for all of you either.
That is awesome about Junior getting married.
So anyways, over here a lot of things have been going on too.
President Hawks is officially in power.
Two days ago we were able to go to zone leader council and discuss with him some things about the mission. He has a lot of fire and really wants the mission to explode. I am really excited about that, because I think all of his ideas and his vision for the mission is awesome.
Then after that, our whole zone met in wan chai and we got a chance to all ask questions and introduce ourselves.
He told me that he loves looking into peoples eyes because it says alot about them, and that when he looks into my eyes he likes what he sees. I am not sure what that means, but its nice I guess. He thanked me for my enthusiasm and optimism.
We have been dealing with some zone problems as usual, but overall our zone is doing awesome. We have been having record-high weeks for everything from lessons taught to people at church. I am really proud of our zone, and happy with the things going on.
We had another baptism this last week. That is three in two weeks!! And hopefully we have at least a couple more at the end of the month. I truly feel blessed, because there are missionaries who go a year without a single baptism, but we have been having so many lately. Our ward is very happy with us becuase we have had a lot of baptisms as well as brought a lot of less actives back to church. Being a missionary is awesome!!!
So lately the weather has been pretty interesting. We had a typhoon signal 8 up last Friday night, and have had a lot of heavy rain and thunderstorms. But when it is not raining, it is SUPER hot and humid here.
This morning we woke up to really loud thunder and went to go get something to eat by the mall. On our way there, we heard some noises up ahead and then a bunch of people stop by the road. They all had their cameras out taking videos.
The road was all cracked and some parts were higher than others, other large pieces of it had rocketed into the air and landed in different spots. Then water started flooding the streets like crazy.
The water quickly filled up all of the roads and the exits to the train, so everything was blocked off.
A lot of people were saying it was from an earthquake but i am not so sure about that.
It was pretty crazy, and there is a lot of emergency response policemen and stuff like that still there trying to figure things out.
The roads just look like giant canals and everything is flooding.
Luckily we live up at the top of a giant hill.
It has been pretty insane lately, and just like I said when I first got here: It is really rare for us to have a boring day in Hong Kong.
I love you all and will continue to pray for all of you.
Thanks for everything!!
Love, Jordan
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