FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! But don't be afraid

well this week was more than un-orthodox...

So on Monday I put Elder Millano and Elder Smith on a plane.... and that was hard. Then we got the new missionaries and everything seemed to be going well and not breaking with out Elder Millano to fix it... until Tuesday.

 On Tuesday the mission burnt to the ground. OK not all of it but a pretty big and major part of it did, but we didn't know this until like 1 or 2 pm because we were in meetings with the new missionaries all morning. The fire burnt.  So we have lunch with the new missionaries and their trainers and tried to plan where they will stay and then we have a meeting with them all. At the end of the meeting President Taylor breaks the news to them that not all of them will be able to return to their areas because of a major fire that broke out near the only 2 highways going up to the desert... well like any road going up to the desert . The fire burned for like 4 or 5 days and shut down all traffic going up and down the I-15. So we got to have 8 extra bodies (and that wasn't even half of the elders that had to stay, not to mention the sisters who stayed at the STL's here in Rancho) stay in our little 2 bed 3 bath apartment  hahah........... YAY!..... It was actually really fun and good, but it meant that life was unusual. We were mostly a taxi service for the week. We set each of the affected companionships up with a companionship here in Rancho to work for a couple days, but we still had to take them everywhere they needed to go. Thankfully a couple of the members here in Rancho provided breakfast and dinner for us and them for a couple days. We finally got everyone back to their areas on Friday and the few evacuated missionaries made it home on Saturday.

Total I think 28 missionaries were out of their areas for a couple days because of the fire, but all are safe and home now.

Ofa Atu!

Elder Jensen