The rains came down, and the floods came up 🌧☔-- March 15, 2021

Aloha!! This week was kind of crazy...it was a hard week. I'm not sure if you all saw, but Hawaii had severe rainfall and floods this week on all of the Islands. It was scary. We drove a lot this week and I thought for sure we'd get into an accident a few times because of the rain. Two men even died on Maui from a landslide. Crazy stuff.

The weather made us hecka depressed so that was kind of hard. We taught Lacey and Laylynn again on Friday! Lacey asked if Laylynn can get baptized in May..of course we said yes haha. But we're a little concerned because we think that Lacey just wants to baptize her just to baptize her. Clearly we want her to be baptized and converted to the church, not just baptized just because. Laylynn does not want to be baptized either. So it's a work in progress. Honestly, not much happened this week because of the weather.

We did meet with a couple in our ward, the Brown's. They were the Mission President and wife of the Alpine, Germany mission. They came home last July. If you remember that Sister who passed away in Switzerland from falling off of a mountain a few months ago, that was their mission. It was so nice meeting with them because they get what we're doing and going through.

Some people have been asking, but I haven't heard anything about getting to Australia. From what I've read and seen, Australia isn't supposed to open its borders until next year.

So, I'm not sure what's going to happen. It's hard, but I know that God needs me in Hawaii right now.

I had a question that I was really struggling with this week and before personal study one day, I prayed to have that question answered. The answer that I got was to trust in God and he'll take care of it. This was kind of a hard answer for me. But I know that God has a plan and that he is aware of my family and I. I just want to testify that God does answer prayers. That was probably one of the fastest times that my prayer has been answered. And I testify that God does have a plan for each and every one of us.

I love you all! I'm so grateful for Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, my family, my friends, the chance that I have to be serving here in Kauai, and for the restored gospel here on the earth! If you could all keep Hawaii in your prayers that the rain can stop and that homes and businesses can stop flooding that would be super awesome.