Week Thirty

 

 

I didn't take many pictures this week, but here are some of what I took.

 

Philippine election was Monday.  You've never seen so many campaign posters everywhere!  Now it's over, I wonder how long before they take the posters down?

 

 

 

 

We checked out a cute apartment in Baguio for some lucky missionaries.

 

This is the view from their front door overlooking Baguio.  Gorgeous!

 

We visited a military family and the little girls had a pet baby bird they were playing with.  I made cereal treats with marshmallows, and they were feeding some to the baby bird.

 

The family had no furniture in their living room.  The children sat on a mat in front of their TV.

 Goats in the rice fields.  They are getting ready to start planting rice soon.  Some fields are being flooded now.  Soon the rainy season will start.

 

Puddle in the road next to tall grass.

This family was waving at me when I stepped out to take a picture of the road, and shouted for me to take their picture, too.  They are working with some reeds that they will weave into baskets.  Any way they can make a few pesos, they are eager to try.

                                                  More rice fields soon to be planted.

 

 

We did apartment checks and the missionary next to me wanted his picture taken with us.  He is going home soon.  He is from Logan, and his mother is Filipina.

 

The Manaoag sisters had a baptism of this 13 year old girl.

 

They served pancit and bread as a treat after the baptism.

Week Twenty-Nine

We've had a busy week.  We started off the week by going to family home evening with one of our member's families and the sister missionaries.  The seven year old boy conducted, and he did a great job.  They had a song, scripture, lesson, and a game.  Then we ate spaghetti, lumpia,

and I brought watermelon and cake.  It was all so good, and we really enjoyed spending the evening with our friends.

Tuesday I had my Tagalog lesson, and we were going to go visiting, but Brad complained of stomach problems so we decided we'd better stay home.  He is still experiencing problems, but we hope it won't last too much longer.

Wednesday we went to zone meeting where they announced that three missionaries would be leaving, and we will get five new missionaries to our zone.  We love our missionaries and hate to see them go, but we know that is the way it is.  And we always love the new ones, too.  We're grateful to be associated with such fine young people.

 

Our Zone Family

                                                        Manaoag Sister Missionaries

 

Elder Tung-loong came out the same week we did, and this is his first transfer.  We love him and wish him well in his new area.

 

 

I invited three sisters from our branch to come to the house to make scones, tortillas, and crepes.  They had missed the demonstrations I did in Relief Society and really wanted to learn.  We had a great time and enjoyed lots of food.

 

 

We had two baptisms Saturday.  The young man in Mapandan, and the young lady in Manaoag.

 

 

 

These are my San Fabian students on Mother's Day.  We visited their branch, and they wanted their picture taken with me.

 

 

These little girls were riding on the pedal trike in the middle of busy, busy traffic, just having a great time.  If I were their mother, I would have had a fit, but they did just fine!

 

 

We hope you had a good week.  We got word Friday that we will be transferred to the new Baguio mission.  We were told first we wouldn't be, but then the area seventy said the President needed to send one more couple, and we were it.  We are excited, yet sad to leave our good friends in Manaoag and with my piano lessons.  But new adventures are in store, and we decided we'd go wherever the Lord wanted.

Sorry there aren't more pictures, but maybe next week.

 

Week 28

We've had a busy week.  We invite you to share with us some of our experiences through these pictures.

                                     This is our Zone Leader who will be going home Tuesday. 

 

We started our Monday with Skyping our kids, then that night we had a Family Home Evening with our missionary kids.  I brought sloppy joes, homemade rolls, and cake, and one of the sisters made tuna spaghetti (yes, and it was pretty good!) and that was our meal.  We played games and had a good time.  Two of our missionaries are going home the 7th, and others will be transferred on the 10th, so this was kind of our good-bye party.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday we had a quad-zone conference all day with the Area President Elder Nielsen and his wife.  They gave us great consel, like how to get more investigators, to how to get over being depressed or homesick, to how to get along with your companion.  We really needed that last one! 

(Just kidding.  Trying to see if anyone actually reads this!)

 

 

They fed us great Filipino food--not sure what it was, but it was good!

 

 

We visited families on Thursday.

We met with this sweet sister and her children.  Her husband has been out of work since January, and she has been selling drinks at community fiestas or at the Catholic Shrine to earn money for their existence.  She has been unable to come to church because of her work.  Our heart goes out to her and many others like her who try to get by on so little.

 

Roosters and goats in one of the front yards we passed.

 

Sister Dola and us being missionaries.

 

 

Some of the people we passed on our way to a less active's house.  The kids are so adorable!

 

 

The house of one of our members.

 

This was the 9 am baptism with the Elder who baptized them.

 

 

 

Some of the young women and leaders who were at the baptism.

1 pm baptism with their Elders.

 

                                                    Some of the people at the baptism.

 

Our landlord's 90 year old mother at her birthday party.  She made her dress!

 

                                         Our landlord and two of his sons and their wives.

Our backyard where the party was held.

 A gala event!

 

 

 

How many Filipinos fit on a scooter?  A lot!!!!

 

 

 

A missionary fireside.

 

Good-bye to one of our sweet Sister Missionaries.

 

Missionary companions singing a duet at their farewell party.  Our missionaries are so wonderful!  We love each of them, but know they must go home and get on with the rest of their lives.

 

This has been our week in pictures.  Hope you have a great one.  We love you.