Tsunami

Hey Everyone!

I just wanted to post a quick message before I have to evacuate.  The big earthquake in Japan caused a tsunami to head straight for Hawaii.  It's scheduled to hit around 3 AM.  We had a big Hale (that's the Hawaiian name for House and is what they call dorm buildings) meeting a little bit ago where they told us to pack essential bags and await further notification.  It's expected that everyone on the first floor is to move to the second floor unless the reports come in saying we need to get to even higher ground.

This is a really exciting time!  I feel like surviving a tsunami is a rite of passage for living in Hawaii!  I'm not scared for it to come; I'm fairly confident nothing terrible will happen.  I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason, so come what may!

I'm also terribly grateful that the big tsunami warnings are going on while my mother is fast asleep, unaware, as I'm positive she would be worried beyond worried over something that's going to turn out to be nothing.

I'm so very grateful for all I have been given in this life.  For the peace and comfort Heavenly Father has so generously blessed me with as I go through my medical trial and also tonight, with the tsunami watch.  There is no greater possession to have during a natural disaster than peace and comfort.  There is no better companion that the Lord.  I know that He is always with me, giving me the strength to do the things I cannot do on my own, and placing people in my life to act as His physical stand in.  I know that He sends ordinary people into the lives of others to do simple things that are extraordinary to the recipient.  I like to think of these people as the, "angels among us".  Thank you for being an angel in my life.