Hurricane Harvey - T.H.E. Mission - Good morning from Eastern Houston - update as of 8 am Aug 28, 2017
Good Morning from Eastern Houston!
As of 8 am this morning all missionaries have been accounted for and are safe. The rains are making the water levels rise and some areas have been significantly impacted by the rain. It has been a blessing to have local leaders helping us, because they are aware of what areas are prone to flooding and which areas are safe. Had we not moved a lot of our missionaries yesterday afternoon, many of them would be stranded today.
All of your missionaries should be emailing you today with an update on how they are doing. They have been instructed to NOT drive at all until further notice. We do not want them to get on the roads and get stranded. As you can imagine, the missionaries are getting very antsy as they are used to working very hard and always talking to people. I have told them to enjoy the rest, because as soon as this weather passes, we will be busy providing service cleaning up and helping others!
Elder J. Devn Cornish, my general authority contact with the Church offices, has been in contact with me in order to give the Brethren a status as to all of the missionaries.
For us personally, we have river front property, but are safe and dry and still have power. (See our pictures below) We are probably worse off than most of our missionaries, because of where the mission home is located. The missionaries are much safer and dryer than us!
Thanks for your prayers and support!!! We love your missionaries. They are amazing!!!
President and Sister Hewlett (and Addie!)
As of 8 am this morning all missionaries have been accounted for and are safe. The rains are making the water levels rise and some areas have been significantly impacted by the rain. It has been a blessing to have local leaders helping us, because they are aware of what areas are prone to flooding and which areas are safe. Had we not moved a lot of our missionaries yesterday afternoon, many of them would be stranded today.
All of your missionaries should be emailing you today with an update on how they are doing. They have been instructed to NOT drive at all until further notice. We do not want them to get on the roads and get stranded. As you can imagine, the missionaries are getting very antsy as they are used to working very hard and always talking to people. I have told them to enjoy the rest, because as soon as this weather passes, we will be busy providing service cleaning up and helping others!
Elder J. Devn Cornish, my general authority contact with the Church offices, has been in contact with me in order to give the Brethren a status as to all of the missionaries.
For us personally, we have river front property, but are safe and dry and still have power. (See our pictures below) We are probably worse off than most of our missionaries, because of where the mission home is located. The missionaries are much safer and dryer than us!
Thanks for your prayers and support!!! We love your missionaries. They are amazing!!!
