Follow Up Earthquake Experience
So the Church came out and said they were going to move all missionaries in the Sendai and Tokyo missions. I found out late on Tuesday night that my brother was being moved to the Sapporo area. He sent another email home early this morning, he called my parents too (at 1:45 in the morning!) but I'm sure they didn't mind. Here's his latest update. It sounds like he finally understands how serious things are. I guess without the news...you're kind of clueless, especially if your current city is mostly operating like normal.
So as you have probably heard, there was an emergency transfer and everyone in the Japan Sendai Mission has been moved to Sapporo Mission and as of now, we are staying. Who knows when and if that will change. The Tokyo mission split in groups of 50 and dispursed into the other missions. We will see how things will go for here.
The trip has been long and sudden. We left Wed with about 2 hours to pack anything that we needed. I got most of my stuff packed and have it with me now. I did not realize how bad things were until we ALL came together and talked about how the different areas were after the disaster. The bus left Kita Kami at 3 and arrived in Aomori at 1:00am. Spent the night there, and then headed to Tokyo by plane, then from Tokyo into Hokkaido. We are now in our new honbu and are.... going from here? Things are changing left and right so what is going on is still up in the air, kind of. We will have new transfers and companionships on Saturday.
So as you have probably heard, there was an emergency transfer and everyone in the Japan Sendai Mission has been moved to Sapporo Mission and as of now, we are staying. Who knows when and if that will change. The Tokyo mission split in groups of 50 and dispursed into the other missions. We will see how things will go for here.
The trip has been long and sudden. We left Wed with about 2 hours to pack anything that we needed. I got most of my stuff packed and have it with me now. I did not realize how bad things were until we ALL came together and talked about how the different areas were after the disaster. The bus left Kita Kami at 3 and arrived in Aomori at 1:00am. Spent the night there, and then headed to Tokyo by plane, then from Tokyo into Hokkaido. We are now in our new honbu and are.... going from here? Things are changing left and right so what is going on is still up in the air, kind of. We will have new transfers and companionships on Saturday.