Week 25--December 13-19, 2015
On Friday, December 18, we came to this area known as Gen T De Leon to pay rent to a landlord for a missionary apartment. We met the missionaries at a school nearby and they led us down the narrow roads to here to pay the rent. The narrowness of the roads in the communities always amazes us. We needed to go in the other direction so we backed out instead of trying to pass this car. In many cases the roads are only wide enough for one car. So if a car is coming from the opposite direction one must yield.
The Primary children sang the song "The Nativity" for the Ward Christmas Party on Saturday, December 19.
As we came out of church on Sunday this chicken was wandering down the sidewalk. We hear roosters crowing all during our meetings each Sunday.
The dog is tied up but he isn't paying any attention to the chicken. It was barking at some children that were walking on the edge of the road. It is common here to see dogs and cats just pass each by on the street and not pay attention to each other. Very different from American dogs and cats.
This was transfer week which makes for a busy week for us. This batch of 12 missionaries departed on Tuesday, December 15. A testimony meeting in the evening is always the highlight of the week for us.
The next day, Wednesday, saw the arrival of the next batch of 18 missionaries. Four came from the United States, 1 from New Zealand, and the rest are Filipino.
We took time out to go see the new Star Wars movie, "The Force Awakens" with the Broadheads on Thursday. It was exciting to see Hans Solo, Princess Leia, and Luke Skywalker 37 years after the first Star Wars.
We drove from Gen T De Leon to S&R Shopping. Sister Google said the trip would take 15 minutes but it took 90. Very typical of driving in the Philippines.
On Friday evening we were invited to attend the returned missionary reunion for the La Mesa Ward. President and sister Amistad, Manila Temple President, spoke at the meeting. He was the mission president to several of the returned missionaries when he served as the mission president of the Davao Mission from 1993-96. We were asked to share our testimonies. It was a wonderful meeting with uplifting counsel given to the returned missionaries. One of the things President Amistad shared was a discussion he had with a mother of a future missionary. She asked, "What can I do to help my son prepare for his mission?" President Amistad said, "Teach him to cook!" After the program we had a nice dinner.
Because of transfers we were both behind on our responsibilities so we spent Saturday at the office. Garnalee left Tom at the office and drove home to get the laundry done which was a real adventure since it was raining very hard. She had to juggle an umbrella, the laundry basket, and unlock the lock on the cage. Tom had his first jeepney ride home from the office which he said was an adventure.
Saturday, December 19, we had our Ward Christmas party. We played games, told knock-knock jokes, Santa came, and finally at 8:30 PM we ate dinner. The games were very simple but fun. One game we played was "Telephone." We were given a partial verse from the Book of Mormon and it was passed down the line with the last person writing what he heard on his hand. It was then checked against the original message. Garnalee's team won! Another game was "Buried Treasure." Candy was buried in flour and each person had to blow the flour to reveal the candy, and then pick it up with their teeth. Garnalee ended up with a mouth full of flour and flour all over her face when she tried to get her candy.
This was transfer week which makes for a busy week for us. This batch of 12 missionaries departed on Tuesday, December 15. A testimony meeting in the evening is always the highlight of the week for us.
We took time out to go see the new Star Wars movie, "The Force Awakens" with the Broadheads on Thursday. It was exciting to see Hans Solo, Princess Leia, and Luke Skywalker 37 years after the first Star Wars.
We drove from Gen T De Leon to S&R Shopping. Sister Google said the trip would take 15 minutes but it took 90. Very typical of driving in the Philippines.
On Friday evening we were invited to attend the returned missionary reunion for the La Mesa Ward. President and sister Amistad, Manila Temple President, spoke at the meeting. He was the mission president to several of the returned missionaries when he served as the mission president of the Davao Mission from 1993-96. We were asked to share our testimonies. It was a wonderful meeting with uplifting counsel given to the returned missionaries. One of the things President Amistad shared was a discussion he had with a mother of a future missionary. She asked, "What can I do to help my son prepare for his mission?" President Amistad said, "Teach him to cook!" After the program we had a nice dinner.
Because of transfers we were both behind on our responsibilities so we spent Saturday at the office. Garnalee left Tom at the office and drove home to get the laundry done which was a real adventure since it was raining very hard. She had to juggle an umbrella, the laundry basket, and unlock the lock on the cage. Tom had his first jeepney ride home from the office which he said was an adventure.
Saturday, December 19, we had our Ward Christmas party. We played games, told knock-knock jokes, Santa came, and finally at 8:30 PM we ate dinner. The games were very simple but fun. One game we played was "Telephone." We were given a partial verse from the Book of Mormon and it was passed down the line with the last person writing what he heard on his hand. It was then checked against the original message. Garnalee's team won! Another game was "Buried Treasure." Candy was buried in flour and each person had to blow the flour to reveal the candy, and then pick it up with their teeth. Garnalee ended up with a mouth full of flour and flour all over her face when she tried to get her candy.
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