Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, April 28, 2008
In the middle section of the mission office hangs our mission flag or banner. I love the mission logo, which shows the three islands and our motto "Success Through Obedience". When missionaries arrive they sign their name on the left side of the flag, and when they leave they sign on the right side. I thought when it first arrived that we'd never fill it up, but it's going to be full by the time we leave. It's a treasure! We forgot to get signatures of one of the batches coming in so we took the flag around to interviews to have them sign. A couple of days before the next new batch I asked where the flag was and we all got a little nervous until it was found down in Talisay. Then we all heaved a sigh of relieve.
This is the office "staff" we have right now, since March 1. They are Sister Moss (finance secretary), Sister Barclay (baptismal records, supplies & mail), Elder Ehorn and Elder Santos, Assistants, and President & Sister Anderson. The picture is taken in President's office at the mission office. In the background you can see the transfer board. All the pictures of the missionaries are placed in the areas where they are currently serving. It helps us keep track of them.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
This is the view from our window in the Bethel where we stay in Dumaguete. Hard to find a prettier sight. There is a lot of activity on the "boardwalk". It's a gathering place for people. In the early morning there are exercise groups and lots of people walking. In the evening lots of walkers as well.
I almost forgot about putting pictures on the blog. Hadn't realized it's been since August! This picture was taken at Christmas. Kids "carol" for you at Christmas, and they want to be paid a peso or two. Mostly they come up to your car while you're waiting at a red light, but thse girls were in the parking lot at Makro (PI version of Costco) when I went shopping. They almost always have an "instrument"...this girl was using the plastic bottle. If I remember right there were some small pebbles inside to make some "music." Sometimes the instrument is a wooden stick with a nail in it that has washers to jingle.
Faithful Saints from Lamac came to district conference in Toledo together in this truck. It's a pretty rough road down the mountain, but they are all so happy to have a way to come to conference. Lamac is only about an hour from Toledo, which is a coast town. Many of the children in Lamac have never seen the ocean! Transportation is just too expensive.
In March Elder Mark Garcia returned from his mission in Butuan. His family was so happy to greet him, and we're so happy that even though his Dad isn't in the picture, he was at home in Siaton waiting to greet him. The Sister on the right is a branch member, Sister Trinidad who recently returned from her mission.
On January 12, 2008 Sister Burton invited me to join the Zamboanguita Primary activity of visiting an orphanage in Valencia, Negros. It was a desire I'd had for a long time, and what a delightful visit! The children were well behaved and performed numerous dances and songs for us. I wanted to take a couple of the children home with me!
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
NORSU (Negros ORiental State University) campus...the site of an amazing missionary experience on July 15, 2007. We were invited to tell 1000 cadets in the ROTC about the Church. A greeting was given by the District President, then four missionaries presented the first lesson about the restoration. President Anderson offered some remarks, and the Dumaguete District Choir sang a few numbers. Following the presentation, the missionary distributed Joseph Smith History pamphlets to those interested, and got names and contact numbers of the ones who wanted to have the missionaries come to their homes to teach them.