Week 65--September 18-24, 2016
The flowers at the mission home are beautiful.
The orchids grow from baskets that are attached to the tree.
The roots wrap around the tree and get moisture from the air.
The roots of the palm tree lifts the whole tree out of the ground as it grows.
One of the fruits that in season right now. This is a rambutan. It has spines on the outside. It is peeled like an orange. The fruit inside is translucent with a pit. The fruit is very juicy and tasty.
Our Senior Activity on Wednesday, September 21, was to visit Malacañan Palace Presidential Museum and Library. It was originally built as summer home for a wealthy Spanish merchant in 1750. It was sold in 1802 to the Manila governor for P1000. It was later sold to the Spanish colonial government. The palace has survived fires, earthquakes, typhoons, and World War II.
The couples gather for a group photo. Left to right: Elder and Sister Rogers, Elder and Sister Swift, Elder and Sister Harrington, President and Sister Bertin, Elder and Sister Broadhead, and Elder and Sister Bremner.
Our guide telling about the famous balcony where Ferdinand Marcos made his last public appearance before being exiled to Hawaii.
We pose for a photo on the same balcony.
The wood carvings in the palace were beautiful. This carving was above a doorway. The ceiling was amazing.
Chess set displayed in what was once the ballroom. Today it is the Presidental Palace Walkway.
Hand carved table.
Colonial style arches on the marble walkway.
Inlaid floors were neatly crafted.
We are all ready to dive into the pizza to end our day.
We had Stake Conference on Saturday and Sunday, September 17-18, with one of the Philippines Area Seventy, Elder Tobias. He spoke on Saturday about Ward Councils and changing from Philippine culture to Church culture. Sunday he spoke about patterns of righteousness. As an introduction he told the story of Juan de la Cruz. Seems Juan de la Cruz, a Filipino, spent some time in Paris, France. Juan didn't speak a lick of French, so on his first morning, when he opened his window, his neighbor said, "Bon Jour." Juan presumed that Bon Jour meant Ano ang pangalan mo? (What's your name?) So he replied, "Juan de la Cruz." After several days of this routine of responding "Juan de la Cruz" he decided he would ask his neighbor what his name was, so the next morning when he opened the window, Juan spoke first and said, "Bon Jour." His neighbor replied, "Juan de la Cruz."Some of our patterns are not based on truth. After the conference we attended a funeral for a sister who lived in our Ward.
The last of the Zone Conferences happened this week. Garnalee and Tom went in to listen to Sister Bertin's talk on Diligence. Just as Garnalee sat down, she received a text that she was going to speak in church on Sunday and her topic was "Families Can Be Eternal." Sister Bertin shared a story from Elder Marvin J. Ashton about riding on a train and the conductor asking, "What is your destination?" and responding to Elder Ashton's answer with, "We will be at your destination in 10 minutes?" We many times think we have arrived at our destination when in reality we have just reached a station along the road to our destination. The story fit in perfectly with the talk Garnalee prepared for Sunday.
Saturday evening we went to see the remake of "Magnificent 7." Denzel Washington stars in the Western. There was some excellent acting in the movie and we enjoyed it.
The flowers at the mission home are beautiful.
The orchids grow from baskets that are attached to the tree.
The roots wrap around the tree and get moisture from the air. 
The roots of the palm tree lifts the whole tree out of the ground as it grows.
Our Senior Activity on Wednesday, September 21, was to visit Malacañan Palace Presidential Museum and Library. It was originally built as summer home for a wealthy Spanish merchant in 1750. It was sold in 1802 to the Manila governor for P1000. It was later sold to the Spanish colonial government. The palace has survived fires, earthquakes, typhoons, and World War II.
The couples gather for a group photo. Left to right: Elder and Sister Rogers, Elder and Sister Swift, Elder and Sister Harrington, President and Sister Bertin, Elder and Sister Broadhead, and Elder and Sister Bremner.
We had Stake Conference on Saturday and Sunday, September 17-18, with one of the Philippines Area Seventy, Elder Tobias. He spoke on Saturday about Ward Councils and changing from Philippine culture to Church culture. Sunday he spoke about patterns of righteousness. As an introduction he told the story of Juan de la Cruz. Seems Juan de la Cruz, a Filipino, spent some time in Paris, France. Juan didn't speak a lick of French, so on his first morning, when he opened his window, his neighbor said, "Bon Jour." Juan presumed that Bon Jour meant Ano ang pangalan mo? (What's your name?) So he replied, "Juan de la Cruz." After several days of this routine of responding "Juan de la Cruz" he decided he would ask his neighbor what his name was, so the next morning when he opened the window, Juan spoke first and said, "Bon Jour." His neighbor replied, "Juan de la Cruz."Some of our patterns are not based on truth. After the conference we attended a funeral for a sister who lived in our Ward.
The last of the Zone Conferences happened this week. Garnalee and Tom went in to listen to Sister Bertin's talk on Diligence. Just as Garnalee sat down, she received a text that she was going to speak in church on Sunday and her topic was "Families Can Be Eternal." Sister Bertin shared a story from Elder Marvin J. Ashton about riding on a train and the conductor asking, "What is your destination?" and responding to Elder Ashton's answer with, "We will be at your destination in 10 minutes?" We many times think we have arrived at our destination when in reality we have just reached a station along the road to our destination. The story fit in perfectly with the talk Garnalee prepared for Sunday.
Saturday evening we went to see the remake of "Magnificent 7." Denzel Washington stars in the Western. There was some excellent acting in the movie and we enjoyed it.
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