Austin Andrus from Spanish Fork, Utah
Patrick Hiltbrand from Pocatello, Idaho
Hiedie Beaven from Australia
FRONT: Beaven Shimai, Sis & Pres Rasmussen. BACK: Hiltbrand Choro and Andrus Choro
Gary took Elder Hiltbrand and Elder Andrus to the airport early in the morning. I stayed home with Sister Beaven.
A couple of minutes before her train was to arrive, an earthquake shook the eki pretty hard. Things were swaying and everyone went silent. (there were lots of people there that afternoon.) Immediately, the electricity to the trains was turned off and we all stood there waiting for the earthquake to stop. We heard later it was a 6.8 quake. Cute sister Beaven raised both arms in the air and said, "YES!! I get to stay on my mission!!" She did get to stay on her mission an extra day. We eventually got her on the train to Tokyo but it went so slowly, being cautious, I guess, that she missed her flight to Australia. Elder Aoyagi and his wife of the Area Presidency picked her up at the airport in Tokyo and took her to a nearby hotel. He gave her some money to buy food the next day until her flight left in the afternoon. How is that for compassionate service by a busy General Authority. We appreciated him looking out for one of our missionaries!
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