Week 10--August 30-September 5, 2015
We saw these peddler carts several days this week as we drove to the office.
A person can buy just about anything off of the cart.
All of the senior couples have arrived. Front row--Elder Harrington, Sister Harrington, President Bertin, Sister Bertin, Sister Ence, and Elder Ence. 2nd row--Sister Jones, Sister Swift, Sister Broadhead, Sister Rogers, and Sister Brady. 3rd Row--Elder Jones, Elder Swift, Elder Broadhead, Elder Rogers, and Elder Brady. We had gathered to wish the Ences good-bye as they head back to St. George, Utah.
We had a wonderful dinner prepared by Sister Cherry on Wednesday, September 2. Seated are L-to-R: Sister Brady, Elder Brady, Sister Bertin, President Bertin, Elder Ence, and Sister Ence. The Ences chose the menu of Sweet and Sour Chicken over rice, tossed salad, breaded shrimp, homemade rolls, and carrot cake.
Sister Jones, Elder Jones. Elder Swift, Elder Rogers, Sister Rogers, Elder Harrington, Sister Harrington, Sister Broadhead, and Elder Broadhead.
Elder Ence has been in charge of the apartments and any repairs that needed to be done. In the Philippines a person can't find what might be needed and is easily available in the United States so you have to improvise. Elder Jones created a "charm" necklace with many of the pieces that Elder Ence might us, i.e. a door knob, a strike plate, a piece of sandpaper, a washer.
Departing gift of aprons for the Ences.
Baptism day for Xavier Henry Lopez Zamora with Sister Pader, Elder Harrington, and Sister Talalima.
The La Mesa Ward was very supportive of Xavier and arrived in force on his special day. After the baptism they provided a light dinner of pancit bihon and chocolate cake.
One of Tom's responsibilities is to sign lease agreements with landlords. He is going over the contract with a new landlord.
On Sunday, August 30, Garnalee had a fun time teaching the Primary children the song, "Keep the Commandments." She doesn't think it was new to them because they started singing right along. She found a fun children's handout of the 10 Commandments on-line and used it to teach a mini lesson to the children to go along with the song. Each child was given the handout and encouraged to take it home and teach their families about the 10 Commandments in Family Home Evening.
Garnalee was asked to teach the Relief Society lesson next Sunday. "The topic is "The Role of the Book of Mormon" from "Preach My Gospel." Tom and Garnalee spent Family Home Evening on August 31 reading through the chapter. Part of Tom's assignment is to compile the yearly mission history. An important part of that history is the arriving and exiting of missionaries. In the past a chart has been used to record all of those names. Tom worked for several hours trying to duplicate the chart in Microsoft Word. He finally gave up and switched to Excel which works much easier.
Garnalee is going to use an idea she got from the MTC which is a jar with a treat in it. The jar says, "A Sweet Treat for a Tender Mercy" Building Faith. I want the missionaries to start thinking about the blessings they receive from the Lord. Many time those blessings are small and go unnoticed.
Thursday, September 3, was Mission Leadership Council. Part of the meeting is spent discussing Zone Key Indicators which is a short 2-page report with charts and graphs for each zone that Tom will be responsible for producing each month for the meeting. Garnalee spent the day sending out information to the November batch of exiting missionaries.
Garnalee thought Friday would be an easy day but she was wrong. She spent the day burning Christmas CDs for the missionaries to use in teaching lessons to investigators and less active families. While the CDs were burning she worked on entering convert baptism information. At the same time Tom went to the bank with Elder Biggs and Elder Campbell to learn the procedure for getting quarterly rent checks for the 71 apartments our mission has rented for the missionaries. Tom bought some seeds to plant in the planters that are on our deck. We'll see if they do anything.
Saturday, September 5, we went to S&R to purchase groceries with the Ences and Broadheads. As we traveled along we all laughed and joked about the traffic and the drivers in the Philippines. If you don't laugh and joke it is easy to get frustrated.
All of the senior couples have arrived. Front row--Elder Harrington, Sister Harrington, President Bertin, Sister Bertin, Sister Ence, and Elder Ence. 2nd row--Sister Jones, Sister Swift, Sister Broadhead, Sister Rogers, and Sister Brady. 3rd Row--Elder Jones, Elder Swift, Elder Broadhead, Elder Rogers, and Elder Brady. We had gathered to wish the Ences good-bye as they head back to St. George, Utah.
Elder Ence has been in charge of the apartments and any repairs that needed to be done. In the Philippines a person can't find what might be needed and is easily available in the United States so you have to improvise. Elder Jones created a "charm" necklace with many of the pieces that Elder Ence might us, i.e. a door knob, a strike plate, a piece of sandpaper, a washer.
One of Tom's responsibilities is to sign lease agreements with landlords. He is going over the contract with a new landlord.
On Sunday, August 30, Garnalee had a fun time teaching the Primary children the song, "Keep the Commandments." She doesn't think it was new to them because they started singing right along. She found a fun children's handout of the 10 Commandments on-line and used it to teach a mini lesson to the children to go along with the song. Each child was given the handout and encouraged to take it home and teach their families about the 10 Commandments in Family Home Evening.
Garnalee was asked to teach the Relief Society lesson next Sunday. "The topic is "The Role of the Book of Mormon" from "Preach My Gospel." Tom and Garnalee spent Family Home Evening on August 31 reading through the chapter. Part of Tom's assignment is to compile the yearly mission history. An important part of that history is the arriving and exiting of missionaries. In the past a chart has been used to record all of those names. Tom worked for several hours trying to duplicate the chart in Microsoft Word. He finally gave up and switched to Excel which works much easier.
Garnalee is going to use an idea she got from the MTC which is a jar with a treat in it. The jar says, "A Sweet Treat for a Tender Mercy" Building Faith. I want the missionaries to start thinking about the blessings they receive from the Lord. Many time those blessings are small and go unnoticed.
Thursday, September 3, was Mission Leadership Council. Part of the meeting is spent discussing Zone Key Indicators which is a short 2-page report with charts and graphs for each zone that Tom will be responsible for producing each month for the meeting. Garnalee spent the day sending out information to the November batch of exiting missionaries.
Garnalee thought Friday would be an easy day but she was wrong. She spent the day burning Christmas CDs for the missionaries to use in teaching lessons to investigators and less active families. While the CDs were burning she worked on entering convert baptism information. At the same time Tom went to the bank with Elder Biggs and Elder Campbell to learn the procedure for getting quarterly rent checks for the 71 apartments our mission has rented for the missionaries. Tom bought some seeds to plant in the planters that are on our deck. We'll see if they do anything.
Saturday, September 5, we went to S&R to purchase groceries with the Ences and Broadheads. As we traveled along we all laughed and joked about the traffic and the drivers in the Philippines. If you don't laugh and joke it is easy to get frustrated.
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