Our first day on the mission was not without excitement. We checked in at the HSR at about 10:15 am and received our briefing and introductions to those that were there. At 12:30 we took off for lunch and as we were headed home we saw that the traffic lights were all out. "Oh, oh", we said, "looks like the power is out again." We drove home anyway knowing that the garage door would not open. We sat in the car for a while but decided that we did not want to stomp through the snow to the back door to get in. We decided to go get something to eat at Wendy's (they give a 50% discount to missionaries). Guess what?. The entire town was without power. In fact, the entire upper valley was without power (about 27,000 customers).

So, we went back to the HSR thinking they might have a backup system. They did have battery backup on a few light fixtures, but essentially we worked in the dark. It's quite interesting to try to tie a quilt in the dark. Eventually it was decided to give up and go home. So we left at about 2pm. The power came back on at 2:28. So there you go, we thought it was all quite humorous.