FINALLY, LDS MISSIONARIES IN JAPAN 'CALLED HOME'

Photo courtesy of Taylor Family.

At least one of them called home ASAP, not literally, but Elder Kelvin Taylor was able to e-mail his family hours after the devastating quake and tsunami hit Japan last Friday, and said he was OK.

            For a few anxious hours, families were waiting with bated breaths to hear about their missionaries in Japan, specifically those serving in the Sendai Japan Mission. The e-mail from Elder Taylor was an assuring note!

            The missionaries are staying in a fire station in Koriyama Fire Station. Twenty of them, belonging to the Japan Sendai Mission – were attending a zone conference some 35 miles (56 kilometers) away from one of the damaged nuclear plants, when disaster struck.

            My wife and I felt it was a miracle that none of the missionaries was hurt seeing video footages of the quake and tidal wave.

            After a few more hours, the Taylors were exchanging e-mails and pictures with other families who had sons or daughters serving in Japan. Story here: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700118475/LDS-families-finally-hearing-from-missionaries-in-Japan.html.

            Meanwhile, the Church said in a current statement that it is moving missionaries out of the “devastation and radiation threat in Japan has taken the first steps to initiate humanitarian aid to Japan following Friday's magnitude-9.0 earthquake, aftershocks and destructive tsunami waves as well as the subsequent damage to nuclear power plants in the affected areas.” Full story here: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700118775/Mormon-church-in-Japan-Moving-missionaries-making-donations.html.

            Last Sunday we requested our ward members to pray for our brother and sister in Japan. Let’s continue to pray.