Good Afternoon Parents and Friends,
All of the missionaries are accounted for and safe. As hurricane Harvey struck in Corpus Christi and up the coast into other cities, those areas are 120-200 miles away from the western areas of T.H.E. Mission. The wind in the areas of our mission has been minimal. There has not been any damage sustained by any of the apartments in our mission. There are a few apartments without power and they have gone to nearby missionaries' apartments.
We have been receiving a lot of intermittent rain, but no flooding has occurred at this point. We have had baptismal services going on in parts of our mission today as well as a stake conference in Orange that is still going forward this weekend. Orange is on the Texas/Louisiana border. The forecasters expect continued rain for the next several days, which could increase the likelihood of flooding in parts of T.H.E. Mission.
All missionaries have been instructed to have bottled water and food to last for 5 days. They have been instructed to keep the gas tanks in their cars full and cell phones charged. In the event an additional hurricane warning comes back into any of our areas, the southwestern areas of T.H.E. Mission have been instructed to evacuate northward to the Kingwood stake center. For those missionaries on the southeastern side (Beaumont, Orange, Louisiana) they have been instructed to evacuate northward to the Jasper church building.
Thanks for your prayers!
All of the missionaries are accounted for and safe. As hurricane Harvey struck in Corpus Christi and up the coast into other cities, those areas are 120-200 miles away from the western areas of T.H.E. Mission. The wind in the areas of our mission has been minimal. There has not been any damage sustained by any of the apartments in our mission. There are a few apartments without power and they have gone to nearby missionaries' apartments.
We have been receiving a lot of intermittent rain, but no flooding has occurred at this point. We have had baptismal services going on in parts of our mission today as well as a stake conference in Orange that is still going forward this weekend. Orange is on the Texas/Louisiana border. The forecasters expect continued rain for the next several days, which could increase the likelihood of flooding in parts of T.H.E. Mission.
All missionaries have been instructed to have bottled water and food to last for 5 days. They have been instructed to keep the gas tanks in their cars full and cell phones charged. In the event an additional hurricane warning comes back into any of our areas, the southwestern areas of T.H.E. Mission have been instructed to evacuate northward to the Kingwood stake center. For those missionaries on the southeastern side (Beaumont, Orange, Louisiana) they have been instructed to evacuate northward to the Jasper church building.
Thanks for your prayers!