I just wanted to update everyone on Hurricane Ike and let you know that we should be okay...in case you are worrying at all about us...if you don't know what Hurricane Ike is then I guess you live in a box...haha, I kid I kid. I went to an emergency preparedness meeting at the church tonight for all the leaders, we have at least 72 people coming from Houston to stay in our church tomorrow for the rest of the week and there could be a lot more. These are the times that the church organization shines. We have to have two priesthood holders at the church 24 hours a day while evacuees are here, I'm sure I'll have lots of good stories to tell but please keep these people in your prayers.

Evacuating a place like Houston is nearly impossible, and tonight I ran over to buy some water and fill the cars up with gas. The price went up 15 cents a gallon in two hours and I can't even imagine what it will be like tomorrow.

Joni's work will be very crazy as well. She is in charge of feeding everyone there and she'll have to be at work the whole time as the elderly are brought in from Houston. I'm not sure how these things work because I've never been in a hurricane but we'll keep ya'll posted as much as possible.