Week 60--August 14-20, 2016
The Primary children were having a Cultural Event at the Stake Center on Saturday, August 20. They have gathered at our ward building to practice their dance, the cariñosa which means the loving or affectionate one. The cariñosa is the national dance of the Philippines and is of Hispanic origin.
The fan and handkerchief play an important part in the dance as it places the couple in romance scenario.
The girl dances around the kneeling boy first, and then they switch places
Sister Hulme and Sister Lata have been teaching Jacqueline Dulay for several weeks. She was baptized on Saturday.
Tom is finally happy. After seeing decorated eggs like these at the mission home he was able to purchase some. "According to legend as long eggs are decorated, goodness will reign over evil. The practice of decorating eggs dates back to ancient times in the belief that eggs have great powers embedded in them. From the simple colored eggs evolved designs which contain meanings both for the creator and receiver of the egg. Today, eggs are decorated and given as gifts to others for well-wishing. Each egg is hand-crafted and made from a real chicken egg shell. The designs and colors in each egg cannot be duplicated in detail since each egg varies in size, shape, and shell texture." The process is the same batik process we saw for fabric in Indonesia.
We have enjoyed watching some of the Olympic events this week. Garnalee is sad that she didn't get to see any of the gymnastics.
Thursday was farewell day for Elder and Sister Brady. They left Malolos at 2:15 for the Mission Home but didn't arrive until 7:30 PM. The trip took five hours and 15 minutes for a trip that is 15 miles. The traffic in the Philippines is definitely getting worse.
We welcomed Elder Nielsen as a new AP this week and will be saying good-bye to Elder Goodwin. He is going back out into the field. It has been a pleasure to get to know him.
On Saturday we went to see the movie Ben-Hur. It was good movie, and we enjoyed it very much.
The Primary children were having a Cultural Event at the Stake Center on Saturday, August 20. They have gathered at our ward building to practice their dance, the cariñosa which means the loving or affectionate one. The cariñosa is the national dance of the Philippines and is of Hispanic origin.
Tom is finally happy. After seeing decorated eggs like these at the mission home he was able to purchase some. "According to legend as long eggs are decorated, goodness will reign over evil. The practice of decorating eggs dates back to ancient times in the belief that eggs have great powers embedded in them. From the simple colored eggs evolved designs which contain meanings both for the creator and receiver of the egg. Today, eggs are decorated and given as gifts to others for well-wishing. Each egg is hand-crafted and made from a real chicken egg shell. The designs and colors in each egg cannot be duplicated in detail since each egg varies in size, shape, and shell texture." The process is the same batik process we saw for fabric in Indonesia.We have enjoyed watching some of the Olympic events this week. Garnalee is sad that she didn't get to see any of the gymnastics.
Thursday was farewell day for Elder and Sister Brady. They left Malolos at 2:15 for the Mission Home but didn't arrive until 7:30 PM. The trip took five hours and 15 minutes for a trip that is 15 miles. The traffic in the Philippines is definitely getting worse.
We welcomed Elder Nielsen as a new AP this week and will be saying good-bye to Elder Goodwin. He is going back out into the field. It has been a pleasure to get to know him.
On Saturday we went to see the movie Ben-Hur. It was good movie, and we enjoyed it very much.
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