Week 48--May 23-28, 2016
In the US if you get a flat tire you pull to the side of the road to change it. Not here! As you can see the jeepney is in the middle of the road and the driver is changing the flat tire. This time the jeepney is empty. We have seen tires being changed when the jeepney is loaded with people.
We wait our turn to pass the jeepeny that is stopped in the middle of the road as vehicles from the opposite direction pass on both sides. After we passed the jeepney we discovered it was replacing a flat tire.
We make regular trips to the post office to pick up packages. Each package has an assigned number and is recorded in this book. A post card is mailed to the office letting us know that a package is available for pick up. When we arrive the package number is located in this book. Garnalee then has to sign the book that she has received the package. The packages are all stored in another small room from which it is retrieved. In today's computer age it is amazing all the labor that goes into such a simple operation.
Garbage truck loaded and heading to Montalban. We have watched the garbage being collected here. The people put their garbage in empty rice bags and set them on the side of the road on garbage day. The truck comes along with one door on the back end open. One of the the workers tosses the bag of garbage up into the truck and the other two workers empty the bags. All the workers are only wearing flip flops.
The people do sort the garbage according to recyclable and non-recyclable.
For Family Home Evening each week we have decided that after we read our scriptures we will read two talks from the previous General Conference. At that rate we hope to review all the talks before the next conference.
We are impressed with the entrepreneurship of Emma and Grace. They decided to sell cakes and cheesecakes for Mother's Day. They pre-sold 36 cakes. They each netted $175 toward the cost of Especially for Youth this summer.
Tom has learned the importance of balancing the cash register against his cash on hand each night. Contributors to that decision are forgetfulness and it is much easier to recall the receipts from one day rather than many days.
The people do sort the garbage according to recyclable and non-recyclable.
For Family Home Evening each week we have decided that after we read our scriptures we will read two talks from the previous General Conference. At that rate we hope to review all the talks before the next conference.
We are impressed with the entrepreneurship of Emma and Grace. They decided to sell cakes and cheesecakes for Mother's Day. They pre-sold 36 cakes. They each netted $175 toward the cost of Especially for Youth this summer.
Tom has learned the importance of balancing the cash register against his cash on hand each night. Contributors to that decision are forgetfulness and it is much easier to recall the receipts from one day rather than many days.
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