Feb 2024

 

Rice drying on the side of the road.

Lauritzens and Nufers playing Skipbo.

Moving the sisters into Balanga

Giving the sisters rides in San Felipe.

The Lauritzens made a spaghetti dinner for all of us at the mission home.

Moving the Lauritzens from Bagac to Hermosa.

The moving crew.

We called Macoy and he got the aircons and put them in that day, it was a wonderful miracle he could do it so quickly for the new apartment in Hermosa.

Blaze, 10, and Maaria, 14, were baptized. We got to help the tech sisters teach them.

The San Marcelino sisters had baptisms the next day. Alan had fun singing with the young adults with the guitar.

Our daughters were able to get together in WA over Presidents weekend.

The relief society sisters wanted a picture after church.

The mission leaders, seniors, tech sisters, and AP's all came to the office to have cake and ice cream and sang happy birthday to me.

My niece, KaRyn sang in the Tabernacle choir here in Manila.

The senior missionaries took a p day and had a boat ride to a small island where we snorkeled and went around another island. We ate at Papagayos afterwards and then went back to the office.

Jan 2024

Alan fixing the tech sister's kitchen sink.

It was a stinky mess, but he got it done.

Woot, woot!

He also fixed their bathroom sink and light switch.

 

Sunrise on one of morning walks/

T's baptism, both grandparents had to join over zoom.

We went to a shoemaker in Balanga and he copied our footprints and made sandals for us.

Delivering packages and supplies to the missionaries.

Mango smoothies from mango road, near San Narciso, mmm good!

Going with the tech sisters to teach Maria and her little sister, Blaze. 

The trike we took back to the office.

New couple just arrived, the Larsens.

Eliza Albrecht's birthday party at the mission office.

Olongapo zone conference lunch.

Sister Allred's car after the accident.

Eating yummy pizza at S & R pizza in Olongapo Puregold store.

December 2023

The senior missionaries ate at Papagallos by the beach, we love the food and mango smoothies.

Alan repairing the sister's washing machine.

 Every town has a ton of Christmas decorations and lights, this is part of our town.

The ward Christmas party, I danced with the Relief Society, it was really fun.

The senior missionaries got together and watched the hatchling turtles in Marong and ate dinner at the Akagi's house.

Dinner at the mission home.

Traffic cop, Filipino style.

Picture after Christmas dinner at the mission home.

Alan fixing a door knob and lock for the sisters.

Christmas traditions at zone conference- stringing popcorn, making snowflakes, making paper chains, coloring nativity pictures, and they had white elephant gift exchange, name that Christmas tune, and decorating Chirtmas cookies.

Christmas day we ate at a Korean restaurant, it was good but confusing.

The boxes from our stake in Cedar City came. Missionaries said they were fine but their companion could use some clothes and shoes. Most of it was new, it made us cry and the youth and primary wrote love notes!

Nov 2023 POM

After traveling over 24 hours we arrived at the mission office and they had this sign for us, so sweet.

We had our picture taken with President and Sister Albrecht in front of the office.

Rice patties coming into Zambales.

They took us out to eat at Papagallos on the beach, it was so good and what a view.

Papagallos beach view.

Trash men every Friday.

We ate at the mall at Chow King, it was pretty good.

The drivers for MLC meeting.

Alan testing some of the missionary bikes in front of the chapel.

We drove down to Bataan to check out the Lauritzen's apartment.

We stopped and got banana chips, honey, coconut water, and mangos, mmm.

4am we woke to a toilet overflow, they told us we could flush paper in the toilet, but FM said nope! Duane put a pot on their stove, on top of the glass and walked away as it exploded.

Gary Arnell sent this that morning and we both feel the prayers of our family and friends.

Zone conference, I made Banana chocolate chip cookies for all the missionaries.

It's so nice to have our own Christmas tree in our apartment..