September 2024

Alan trying to unlock the San Marcelino sister's apt door.

More flood waters in front of our office and mission home.

Sister Tambolero wearing my boots because she had a leak in hers.

Lana and Duane leaving for Manila to fly home so she can get better from Typhoid and Dengue.

Birthday Party for the owner of the Subic Blues, great catered food.

Met the Prices at patron housing at the Manila temple.

We did a session while they took a taxi from the airport. The next morning we did initiatories and sealings before we drove them to Subic.

Alan enjoying fish in Alaminos, First Islatel.

Boating between the 100 islands

The Christus island

We all did the zipline!

Alan and Marisol did the helmet dive while we snorkeled around all the huge coral.

Snorkeling

Lunch with Marisol and Oliver, mmm!

The pool at First Islatel, a great hotel in Alaminos.

                                           The heart chair.

The pool in Iba at Funtasea.

We ate at Arniebell's with the owner Annabell and her sister Lian.

Waiting for the missionaries to come for zone conference.

Memorial in Bagac, where soldiers marched 78 miles in 4 days up to Camp O'Donnell in Tarloc.

Cross memorial on Mount Samat, the last line of defense for southern Bataan. The Japanese won the battle.

Memorial and museum in Balanga where General Wainwright negotiated the surrender to Japan.

The statue of General Macarthur saying I shall return. He did 3 years later, in 1945.

Bomb shelled barracks on Corregidor Island. The last hold out in the Philippines.

Larsens, Prices, Us, and Albrechts on Corregidor.

Eating Sunday lunch at Benny and Minnie's house with the missionaries from their ward. Spaghetti and chicken on a stick!

Karan and I walking on the beach at Papagayos resturant.

It was delicious and a very scenic spot.

August 2024

 

The Lauritzens invited all the seniors over to their house for potluck lunch and games. It was so fun to get together on our P-day.

We took the Nufers and sister Allred to the temple to celebrate the Nufers' anniversary. We met the Albrechts there and did a session together. We also did inititories and sealings.

Sister Allred has the missionaries over to her apt to cook lunch on Sunday She had 14 her last Sunday in the mission. We brought coconut bread over to share with them.
 

Here are their shoes outside our apt doors.

Alan fixing another kitchen faucet.

The tree at home in Cedar that blew over in the wind.

Marlon's first birthday party.

Potluck b-day party, but Norlyn did most of it.

Nativity made of ash from the volcano Mount Pinatubo.

Lana was in the hospital 5 days for Typhoid. We went over and played games

Sister Allred left the next day for the US. She will serve 1 more year in Kansas.

Orientation for 18 New missionaries and their trainers for 2 cycles-12 weeks.

How we veg at night when we are done for the day. Usually kicking back with chocolates and playing a game or doing a puzzle.

July 24

The crow that comes knocking on our window everyday. It puts a smile on my face.

We went to the Urdaneta temple.

We bought 11 extra mattresses for the missionaries coming for the zone conference with our area president, Elder Revillo. We could have used more after floods kept them all between Olongapo and Castillejos mission apartments.

Waiting for Elder Revillo, the rains were torrential.

Benny and Minnie made wonderful food and a fish for every couple.

President Albrecht was getting texts from missionaries of flooding and sent the Lauritzens to Hermosa and Mandama to get the missionaries out, We cancelled conference for the next day and all the missionaries at conference stayed at apts close to Olongapo.

Alan got a call from the elders in Castillejos that the plug on the toaster oven fried. He replaced the plug and wrapped it with electrical tape so moisture wouldn't hit it again. He tripped the breaker back on and gave them another toaster oven and they were Very happy.

Where the plug got fried in the wall.

We drove sisters to the bus station, 4 loads, then the last load we drove to Subic with us. We had flooding and land slides, but made it just fine.

This is a block before our apt. and chapel.

Sweeping up the office, no maintenance came this week.

Alan fixing the sister's toilet in San Marcelino.

Putting grommets in the 2 tarps for the back patio of the Subic Blues apartments. 

We had no internet for almost a week, so frustrating when that happens and feels SO good when we get it back.