Earthquake!

8/4/08
ok, so about the only thing that has happened lately was of course, the earthquake. elder seaman and i were sitting at our desks and i felt the floor vibrate a little. the apartment next to us and under us are being rebuilt so i thought nothing of it. it happened again, really faint, so i asked "did you feel that?" elder seaman gives me a dumb look and replies "feel what?" as soon as he asked that the big wave hit and everything started shaking really hard, and it lasted for like 10 seconds. the only thing i could think to say was "i think its an earthquake." we got up and looked at the window, the telephone wires were swaying and the trees were shivering, so we stood in the doorway as a few more waves rumbled through. that was about all that happened, so we packed our stuff and hopped in the car to go to visit eileen. when we got there she said she was in the shower when it happened but turned on the news when she got out and it said it was a 5.8 on the good ol' richter scale, it started in chino hills (which is near where the ryan from the OC is from) and in just those 20 minutes it took to drive to her house there had been over a dozen aftershocks. i thought it was pretty cool, my first earthquake. the only people who were really freaked out were the kids we say in the streets through the day "is jesus coming?" "i hear the world is ending, is it true" it was fun to freak them out and tell them wild stories. one of our investigators, maria elena martinez guarrneros, from the spanish branch was baptized on saturday. she is already super strong, and i have been working with her since my first week, and she has a big testimony already. we have another on the 17th, this one is yahaira, the girl whose date elder fennell moved back. she is doing very well too, she went to maria elenas baptism and really liked it. transfers are tomorrow, elder seaman thinks im moving, i think im staying, so i guess 24 hours will tell. today we have a dinner appt with prez and sis blackburn, a bonus from having the cleanest apartment. were leaving for that soon, i hear prez is grilling steak. thats about all, ill let you know next week what happens with transfers. tell Dan good luck with his visa, we have an elder here that has been here for 2 transfers now and he is waiting for his visa to go to buenos aires also... ok, thats about all, bye