Hurricane Irene

I received this email from Ryan's Mission President yesterday:

NEW JERSEY MORRISTOWN MISSION
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Brothers and Sisters, parents of missionaries in the New Jersey
Morristown Mission:
First, let me tell you what a privilege it is to serve with your sons
and daughters in this great work of bringing souls to Christ.  Without
a doubt, our missionaries are the very best in the entire church.
Thank you for your support of each of them.
As you may know, Hurricane Irene is headed in our direction and is
currently forecast to arrive in the New York/New Jersey area by late
afternoon and evening of Sunday, August 28, 2011, lasting into the
early morning hours of Monday, August 29, 2011.  We have alerted all
our missionaries of this impending storm and asked them to prepare
accordingly, including identifying a location to go to for safety,
i.e., a member’s home or one of our church buildings.
Rest assured we are doing everything necessary to ensure the safety of
your missionary son or daughter.  We are staying in close contact with
all of them.  Please do not call the mission home, the mission office,
or your missionary.  Following the passage of the storm, we will send
out another email confirming their safety.
Again, thank you for sharing these wonderful young men and woman with
us.  We love them all.
President and Sister Jeppson

The Missionary Moms email group that I belong to is reporting that they are evacuating the missionaries on the coast. Ryan is currently serving 10 - 15 miles inland, so I am not sure if he has been evacuated or not. We are all praying for everyone's safety and we know what an amazing service opportunity this will provide our missionaries. As for my family, we will be watching the news very closely this weekend.