Week 30--January 17-23, 2016

On Tuesday, January 19, we went to dinner with the Broadheads and the missionaries assigned to the Ward they are in. We went to a place where you select the fresh food you want and then it is prepared for you. Here are the fish ready to be cooked.Tom picked out one that was then grilled for him.

The largest prawns we have ever seen. They are called sulog here.  Garnalee picked our three to have prepared in tempura.

Elder Alcala and Elder Montemor are holding two of the big fresh crabs they ordered prepared.

Garnalee's dinner of prawns, green salad with mango and crab, and a fresh mango sliced ready to be eaten.

Tom enjoying his grilled fish, salted hard boiled eggs, and rice. The fish was stuffed with vegetables before it was grilled.

We all had a wonderful evening of great food and company. Left to right: Elder Vaipulu, Elder Montemor, Sister Harrington, Elder Harrington, Elder Broadhead, Sister Broadhead, Elder Foster, and Elder Alcala.

 Look at the size of the tempura shrimp. Garnalee was glad Tom was willing to eat one.

The last of the Zone Conferences for this transfer were held this week. Montalban Zone came together on a jeepney Thursday. They are all loaded up ready to head back to Montalban. No room for anyone else. As part of Zone Conference the theme for our mission for 2016 was introduced-- "Discipleship is the journey. Exaltation is the goal," from  President Dieter F. Utchdorff. Sister Bertin gave a powerful talk on how prayer leads to revelation.

Elder Heaton holding the Montalban sign.

Elder Broadhead thought he would go along but the only spot left was to hang on to the back end. Sister Broadhead vetoed that idea.

Tom's cucumber is ready to pick. Imagine harvesting a cucumber on Januray 24th!
















Tom has spent some time each evening working on writing and organizing the Mission History for 2015.

Changes are being made Church wide on missionary exchanges. In the past the Assistants to the President have gone to the Zone Leaders of each zone to work with them. Now the Zone Leaders will come to the APs where the APS will demonstrate to the Zone Leaders how they do planning in the evening for the next day. They will then hold their personal study, companionship study, and language study the next morning before the APs take the zone leaders along to their appointments and tracting. It boils down to the APS will be in the office a lot less so the running of the office is left more to Tom and Garnalee which is what we were called to do.