Week 20--November 8-14, 2015
On Monday, November 9, all the senior couple missionaries went to the Manila American Cemetery. With a total of 17,206 graves, it has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II and holds war dead from the Philippines and other allied nations.
The gardeners were busy manicuring the grounds for the Veterans' Day Ceremony that will held on Wednesday.
Tom and Garnalee at the cemetery.
All the couples gathered for a picture together.
L to R: Elder and Sister Jones, Elder and Sister Rogers, Elder and Sister Brady, Elder and Sister Swift, Elder and Sister Broadhead, and Elder and Sister Harrington.
Tom standing next one of the many walls listing all of the soldiers who have been identified. As we wandered reading some of the names we found Harringtons , Carringtons, and McBrides listed. But no relatives that we could identify.
One of the most beautiful places we have seen in the Philippines.
As we read the wall plaques giving information about the battles to retake the Philippines and other island nations back from the Japanese we came to one showing the supply routes during World War II. Garnalee thought about her brother Roy who was in the Navy and told about traveling many of the supply routes in his autobiography.
Typical of many of the homes in the Philippines. Construction was started and never finished so the people live in the buildings the way they are--no windows or complete walls.
Not much distance between the buildings.
We had to go into this neighborhood on Saturday, November 14, to get a signature on a form. There was only room for our car on the street. We had to turn around because the road dead ended. That was tricky.
Our senior activity started at the Manila American Women's Bazaar. It took us 4 1/2 hours to go 30 miles. The road was a parking lot in many places. Purchase at the bazaar were hand made wood bowls and Christmas ornaments for the grandchildren. Home was a little faster but not much.
The first "Power Scrub" of the missionaries apartments from 7-11 AM was held on Wednesday, November 11. The missionaries were to do a deep clean of their apartment--washing walls, cleaning the bathroom, kitchen, bedrooms, and mopping the floors. They were to get rid of unused items and old food. Many of the missionaries were living in some pretty dirty apartments. The hope is that with clean apartments the missionaries will be healthier. Now the chore is to have them do cleaning on a regular basis to maintain what they have done.
It has been a busy week for Garnalee, She had to prepare letters to stake presidents informing them of the release of a missionary from their stake along with release certificates for the December batch of missionaries. The December batch also needed to receive emails with their travel itineraries for travel home along with exit day activities. The bishop of each missionary is also sent a letter along with the travel itinerary of the missionary from his ward. Baptism records needed to entered into the Chruch's Data Entry System. Sort the mail that came in from the zones that had mail run this week. Then there was mail run orders to put together for three zones for next week. Then there was the job of creating and sending out letters to the bishops of the new converts from last Saturday. Ended the week with the weekly office meeting.
Tom's week: with the the influx of 15 additional missionaries Tom has been busy arranging for new apartments. That is in addition to his already busy financial responsibilities for the mission. Most of the new arrivals could be housed in residences that could accommodate four missionaries where there were only two. Elder Broadhead is charged with setting up the new apartments when the lease is signed. It's pretty hectic. "My favorite part of the week was going to the Manila War Cemetery. It is possibly the most beautiful spot in the Philippines."
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| One of the views of the headstones at the cemetery. |
The gardeners were busy manicuring the grounds for the Veterans' Day Ceremony that will held on Wednesday.
Tom and Garnalee at the cemetery. |
| A close up view of the circular design of the cemetery. |
All the couples gathered for a picture together.
L to R: Elder and Sister Jones, Elder and Sister Rogers, Elder and Sister Brady, Elder and Sister Swift, Elder and Sister Broadhead, and Elder and Sister Harrington.
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As we read the wall plaques giving information about the battles to retake the Philippines and other island nations back from the Japanese we came to one showing the supply routes during World War II. Garnalee thought about her brother Roy who was in the Navy and told about traveling many of the supply routes in his autobiography.
Not much distance between the buildings.
We had to go into this neighborhood on Saturday, November 14, to get a signature on a form. There was only room for our car on the street. We had to turn around because the road dead ended. That was tricky.
Our senior activity started at the Manila American Women's Bazaar. It took us 4 1/2 hours to go 30 miles. The road was a parking lot in many places. Purchase at the bazaar were hand made wood bowls and Christmas ornaments for the grandchildren. Home was a little faster but not much.
The first "Power Scrub" of the missionaries apartments from 7-11 AM was held on Wednesday, November 11. The missionaries were to do a deep clean of their apartment--washing walls, cleaning the bathroom, kitchen, bedrooms, and mopping the floors. They were to get rid of unused items and old food. Many of the missionaries were living in some pretty dirty apartments. The hope is that with clean apartments the missionaries will be healthier. Now the chore is to have them do cleaning on a regular basis to maintain what they have done.
It has been a busy week for Garnalee, She had to prepare letters to stake presidents informing them of the release of a missionary from their stake along with release certificates for the December batch of missionaries. The December batch also needed to receive emails with their travel itineraries for travel home along with exit day activities. The bishop of each missionary is also sent a letter along with the travel itinerary of the missionary from his ward. Baptism records needed to entered into the Chruch's Data Entry System. Sort the mail that came in from the zones that had mail run this week. Then there was mail run orders to put together for three zones for next week. Then there was the job of creating and sending out letters to the bishops of the new converts from last Saturday. Ended the week with the weekly office meeting.
Tom's week: with the the influx of 15 additional missionaries Tom has been busy arranging for new apartments. That is in addition to his already busy financial responsibilities for the mission. Most of the new arrivals could be housed in residences that could accommodate four missionaries where there were only two. Elder Broadhead is charged with setting up the new apartments when the lease is signed. It's pretty hectic. "My favorite part of the week was going to the Manila War Cemetery. It is possibly the most beautiful spot in the Philippines."
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