http://www.mormonlife.com/tag/Earthquake Mormon Life - Earthquake tag http://www.mormonlife.com/story/65594-minor-damage-to-dc-temple-in-earthquake http://www.mormonlife.com/story/65594-minor-damage-to-dc-temple-in-earthquake Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:20:00 -0600 <div> source: deseretnews.com </div> <i class="ml_blurb">Mormon Life says: Glad to hear everything is okay!</i> Tuesday's earthquake caused "minor damage" to the Washington, D.C., Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. <P> LDS Church spokesman Scott Trotter said the temple's spires and facade were damaged during the earthquake. </P><P> "There was no damage to the temple interior and no injuries were reported," Trotter said. "The temple remains operational."</P> http://www.mormonlife.com/story/65555-story-of-last-two-japanese-sisters-to-safe-zone-after-quake-comes-to-light http://www.mormonlife.com/story/65555-story-of-last-two-japanese-sisters-to-safe-zone-after-quake-comes-to-light Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:03:00 -0600 <div> source: ldschurchnews.com </div> <i class="ml_blurb">Mormon Life says: Back in March, after the earthquake, Church leaders searched for two sister missionaries for some time before locating them and being able to account for all missionaries. This is their story of service that occurred while they couldn't be located.</i> Sister Emi Maki and Sister Mai Kado of the Japan Sendai Mission were working in the coastal city of Ishinomaki, Japan, when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated their city on March 11. <P> They immediately contacted Japan Sendai Mission President Reid Tateoka to report they were safe at a refugee shelter. </P><P> They spent the day searching for members in the destruction, then returned in the evening to the evacuation center — a local public school building where evacuees were housed in the gymnasium. The sisters were hungry and had no food. </P>