When No News is Good News.

We didn't receive a five minute phone call this morning. And that's a very good thing.

We've been told that anytime there is a calamity, a missionary gets to make a five minute phone call to the troops back home to let them know that all is well. Since our phone didn't ring and a familiar voice didn't say, "buenos dias," we're pretty certain that all is well.

Checking the hurricane tracking website shows us that hurricane Omar has passed the outer bank land masses and is heading eastward (strangely) into the great Atlantic Ocean.

To all you who sent up a prayer for our daughter, you have our more sincere gratitude.

Donde esta Omar?

Sometime tomorrow, hurricane Omar will likely pass through, or somewhere very near to Puerto Rico. For most of you, that means one more hurricane is on one more route through more place you've never been. For us, it means we'll pray like crazy and muster an extra dose of faith that our daughter who is living on Southwest beachfront property of that island will be safe.

For reasons that are important to us, we feel that Maclaine will be safe; and it's because the calm assurance that all is well comes from him whom the winds still know and waves still obey. We've also received word from Maclaine's mission president that all necessary preparations have been completed that will insure the safety of every elder and sister who is serving in that corner of the world.

And so our prayers tonight are not only for our daughter - that she may be safe - but for those who will not have the luxury of escaping the tempest of Omar.