Speaking of Indonesia...: Earthquakes, volcanoes, and now floods!

The 'misi couple' and Peter are home teaching companions in the Barat Branch :). We just received four new families this month, so on Wednesday set out to find one of the families for whom the phone number was wrong! We left at one in the afternoon but after searching the designated neighborhood and making numerous inquiries we were unable to locate the address we had been given. It was now three o'clock, so we decided to head to the grocery store to do our shopping. Within minutes the weather changed from warm and sunny to a torrential downpour! I have never experienced such rain...it was unreal to watch the water rapidly rise in the streets. Before long the water had risen to the point that it was in the car and we had about two inches covering the floor. Cars and motorcycles were stalled everywhere....people were walking in water up to their waists....it was frightening to not know how long it would continue or what our outcome would be. I silently prayed for help from The Lord as we navigated the flooded street. We were so fortunate that our car didn't stall like many others and that we were able to continue to try to get home. The usual thirty minute drive from where we were to our apartment took five hours...traffic jams everywhere!! We arrived home at 8:10 in the evening...what a day!

The rain just beginning...