June 11

Winter has arrived!  I have worn a jacket or a sweater all day.  We woke to a temperature of 24 Celsius which is 75 Fahrenheit.  Brrrr.  How 75 can be cold is beyond me, but I am cold and the YSAs that are here in the institute are all wearing hoodies, coats or beanies.

Tonight Scott taught a Doctrine and Covenants lesson on the events that will occur before the second coming of the Savior.  He had prepared for days for it.  He had the full time missionaries--Elder Olmstead and Filipe Vakalaloma--come help him, he had run all over Suva looking for a trumpet to sound the seven trumps.  I had a job.  It was to use the flash on the camera after the darkness came and during the earthquake.  Yes, we did have a simulated earthquake.  It was so fun.  It made those events seem more real and the discussion after was very animated.

Here is one of the pictures the camera took when I thought all I was doing was setting off the flash.

Moving under the desks during the earthquake

Huddling under the desks during the earthquake.