Week 73--November 13-19, 2016

Super Moon over Quezon City, Philippines on November 14, 2016. This is the closest the moon has been to the earth since 1948.

 The second half of the November batch on the official  exit day. Left to right: Elder Martel, Elder Banate, Elder Aguhayon, Elder Fernandez, Elder Tagulao, Elder Salo, Elder Saludar, and Elder Vallar.

The elders gather for the testimony meeting. They chose to all sit on the sofa and love seat and share in the special spirit and brotherhood of being elders in Zion. It was a special group of all Filipino missionaries.

Arrival batch of 17 elders and 2 sisters on November 16. Front row left to right: Elder Dela Cruz, Elder Ouabe, Elder Miranda, Elder Custan, Elder Caya-Os, E. Every.
Second Row: President Bertin, Sister Bertin, Elder Tagal, Sister Gonzales, Sister Naag, Elder Brown, Elder Slade.
Third Row: Elder Fe'iloaki, Elder Tobias, Elder Basa, Elder Romeril, Elder Belnap, Elder Nassiri.
Back row: Elder Ewing and Elder Yates.

 Various homes in Casa Milan, the subdivision where the mission home is located, are often used for the filming of TV shows. It is not unusual to see 10-20 vehicles parked along the street in front of a house where the filming is happening that day.

Wake me when it's dinner time! This cat oblivious to passing cars and people. What a life!

This house located in Casa Milan takes up four lots. It is owned by a Filipino movie star.

Front view of the house. We were considering buying this for a summer home but then we realized we would have to clean it and changed our minds. (Only in our dreams.)

 Across the street from the above house is a garden. We were fascinated by the papaya trees. The trees are short and were loaded with fruit.

We thought egg plant grew on plants similar to cucumbers. We discovered in the garden egg plant bushes. There were just a few egg plants on each bush and some had only one like the one pictured.






We had Sister Lata and Sister Aldemita for dinner on Sunday. It was a bitter sweet dinner as Sister Lata is being transferred to Baliwag, and Sister Aldemita is going to be a trainer of a new missionary.

Friday evening we went to see "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." It was written by J.K. Rowling. If you are a Harry Potter fan as Garnalee is then you will like it.