May 2024

May 1, we drove the Nufers to Manila to go to the temple for our 44th wedding anniversary.

They had a bunch of people staying at the temple housing. These children are eating at the cafeteria  and had a tour of the temple grounds and area offices.

May 2 we met Sister Dacuno, Cleo, and Sisters Negosa and Carfielo. It was a great day!

An RM from our mission took a few pictures of Alan and I for our anniversary. I like this one!

Alan fixing the lighting on the stairs of the AP's apartment we just moved them into.

The Nufers took us to a beach in San Antonio to snorkel for an hour. We got warm banana bread and mango smoothies on our way home. Oh what treats!

We had to take bikes down to the Elders in Mariveles, the very southern tip of our mission. One didn't work, so the next day we went down again with a different bike. We stopped by the memorial of the Bataan Death march from WWII.

The pool at our hotel in Lucap, where we got a boat to take us to the 100 islands.

Mermaid by the sea restaurant that evening. It was good, but pretty expensive.

Playing garbage with some seniors before bedtime.

A picture before we get on our boat for 100 Islands the next morning.

A picture of some of the islands. They said there are 126, they just rounded off the number to 100.

A picture from our villa that evening.

Swimming and snorkeling

We zip lined from one island to another!

Fun times !

Alan's turn.

A picture from a balcony of our villa.

Group picture: Lauritzens, us, sister Allred, Lana, Sister Baul, Duane, Akagis, Larsens, Elder Baul.

Sister Allred and I kayaking. We really got a workout on the ocean waves and currents.

Back to shore before we paddle to the bat cave. We had 4 canoes sink-Laritzens, Nufers, Akagis, and Larsens. If there had been a man in ours, it would've sunk also.

We hiked up to the Christus.

Just below the Christus.

Bosting between islands.

Cliff diving in a bat cave.

Getting ready to helmet dive.

Going down!

Our group under water.

We touched these huge clams, they were soft mossy feeling and shut when we touched them.

Lunch before we pack up and leave the island villa. Marisol, our caterer and cook. Fresh parrot fish, crabs, and fruit.

As we boated back to the mainland it started raining cats and dogs and rained all the way home on our 6 hour drive.

April 2024

Packed the truck with Olongapo 3 Sister's apartment things.

Putting the apartment together with the help of 2 Olongapo elders.

All done.

Marlon and Mariel's baptism day.

Double stack carousel in Angeles, getting Pres. Albrecht's car oil and lubed.

Picking up 8 bikes to be repaired with the help of the Lauritzens.

We ate in Hermosa at Kuya Bhoys, eating in a kubo.

Swimming at our hotel in Iba, Fantasea.

Eating near Iba on the river in a nipa hut and watching the sun set.

All of us plus the Larsens ate here. The Larsens are the ones that told us about this place.

In the back of an old jeep, going to the trail of Mt Pinatubo.

The inside of our jeep, we weren't sure it would make it, they had to keep stopping and clean the engine with water and put clutch fluid in.

Mt Pinatubo Lake

We walked to a waterfall and got cooled off in this water hole.

The guys fixing the Cupang Elder's bed that they broke.

Setting the bed up. It works great!

We took the elders out to eat at S & R Pizza.

Our 3 girls together in UT.

A with a fractured wrist.

G with his 2 front teeth out.

Mongolian at Royal Grocery store in Olongapo. A favorite place to eat.