I know you are all worried about the earthquake! I am fine & so are most of the people here in the city. Where I am at, there was a quite a bit of damage, but it is much worse in some other places. In all honesty, it was pretty awesome being in my first earthquake. It was so weird! When the initial earthquake hit, it was about 8:10 in the morning over here & we were doing our studies. I was sitting at my desk reading & all of a sudden I felt my feet start to move. I had no idea what to think. My thought was something like "why the heck are my feet moving?" The thought that we were in an earthquake didn't even cross my mind at first. I thought I was just going crazy & after about 5 seconds I look over at my companion & he looked over at me & he yelled "EARTHQUAKE!" We stood up & yelled to the other companionship who was upstairs to hurry & get outside. They ran down & it was pretty funny because one of them had to jump right out of the shower so he hurried & threw some clothes on while he was dripping wet. So, we just stood outside for a little while & our zone leaders texted us to meet at the chapel. We went over there & hung out for maybe 3 hours, feeling aftershocks every few minutes or so. I think that they said the initial earthquake was maybe around a 6.2 or something? Is that right? I don't know, but honestly I wouldn't have guessed that. Don't get me wrong, it was way intense feeling the entire earth shake beneath your feet, but seeing that there was no damage or anything, I wasn't even really worried,........HOLD ON! WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NOW! I think it was just another aftershock, but that one was pretty aggressive as well. Man, this earthquake stuff is crazy!
Besides that, things have been an adjustment. It is taking some time for me & my new companion to get used to each other. I thought that we were doing alright, but then last night we got into an argument. We talked/yelled it out so hopefully things will be better now. Only time will tell I guess. As for being in the city, there are benefits as well as disadvantages. We have a lady in our ward here who does our laundry so I am so excited about that! It's awesome. Also, there are many more options for eating, shopping, etc. I also get to attend the temple & do temple tours as well, so that's cool. Also, my language is coming along so well! I feel like I am nearly fluent, the only problem I have is that I still have trouble sometimes understanding people. Other than that, I feel as if I can say pretty much whatever I want & I am happy about that. It's so weird knowing a different language. So the city is nice. I miss the ocean & the nice breeze that we had in Pinamungajan. I also kind of miss Elder Walker. We were getting along well & had a great time together.
Well, I hope you all are not too worried about me. Things are fine & if there is another earthquake & it kills me, well, I guess it's my time to go! Seriously though, I'm fine. Love you all. Miss you all so much.
-Elder Staheli
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