Week 34--February 14-20, 2016
Friday, February 19, was a special day for our mission. President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was in the Philippines. Our mission was chosen to have a meeting with him and to be taught. President and Sister Bertin, Elder and Sister Haynie (second counselor in the Area Presidency) and President and Sister Nelson all spoke. The highlight of the meeting was the Apostolic blessing given by President Nelson to all the missionaries. President Nelson took time out of his busy schedule to shake hands with all 224 missionaries. President Nelson is 91 years old and you never guess him to be that old. His scriptures were a mini Quad that he read from without glasses and was quickly able to turn to the verses he wanted to share.
One of the things we enjoy here is the Pandasal that we can purchase each morning fresh from the oven. We watched this man on Saturday evening preparing Pandasal for the next morning. Hot pandasal is available from 4-9 AM only. We buy 10 of them for PHP20 which comes out to be 4 cents each.
The beginning of the week was stressful for Tom. With it being Presidents' Day in the US the support didn't come as usual on the 15th of the month. On the 16th, which is actual support day, the missionaries were trying to get support but none was available. The problem was Bank of America had had a major glitch in their system and none of the missionaries throughout the world could get support. Tom was told that hopefully the problem would be fixed and support would be available on the the 17th. Many of the missionaries were out of funds and wondering what hey should do. It was a good lesson for the missionaries to have the emergency fund they are encouraged to have. So now maybe those who don't have an emergency fund will start building one.
We went to dinner with the Bertins on Saturday to a local restaurant that serves shawarma Filipino style. Shawarma is meat that has been slow cooked on a rotisserie. They offered pork, beef, or chicken in a tortilla wrap or on a platter. We chose to have wraps and ordered one of each that we shared. It was very tasty, and we knew we would go back another time.
The beginning of the week was stressful for Tom. With it being Presidents' Day in the US the support didn't come as usual on the 15th of the month. On the 16th, which is actual support day, the missionaries were trying to get support but none was available. The problem was Bank of America had had a major glitch in their system and none of the missionaries throughout the world could get support. Tom was told that hopefully the problem would be fixed and support would be available on the the 17th. Many of the missionaries were out of funds and wondering what hey should do. It was a good lesson for the missionaries to have the emergency fund they are encouraged to have. So now maybe those who don't have an emergency fund will start building one.
We went to dinner with the Bertins on Saturday to a local restaurant that serves shawarma Filipino style. Shawarma is meat that has been slow cooked on a rotisserie. They offered pork, beef, or chicken in a tortilla wrap or on a platter. We chose to have wraps and ordered one of each that we shared. It was very tasty, and we knew we would go back another time.
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