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Transfers

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Beloved family! We are on our way to Manila right now.  We are actually on the boat as we write this letter.  It’s transfer week…so we’re bringing these missionaries to the mission office- 2 are departing missionaries, the rest are going to be trainers so they are going to their trainer’s meeting.   We are also  taking this opportunity to get dad’s check -up in Manila.  We are departing from Calapan, the other side of the island, 5 hours away ( I drove) because dad had to preside for the “ Self- Reliance Convention last night.”.  It was a very good meeting.  The church has good programs for the Saints in the Philippines.  It’s just a matter of training the leaders again so they’ll know how to implement it. Yesterday while we were driving, I told the missionaries that we will attend the sacrament meeting at 9:00am.  So wherever we are at , at 9:00 that’s the Branch that we will attend.  The miracle was… dad saw the person that we had...
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Catching Up

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Hello everyone! I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving and a restful weekend. Last Sunday, we had a Zone baptism.  The zone decided to do their  baptisms together in the ocean.  There were 31 people baptized for the  month. (see the picture). The following week was transfer week.  We were so busy taking  missionaries to the port and picking other missionaries from the other  side of the island to be brought back here in Occidental side.  This  transfer we got 4 new missionaries and opened two new areas. I decided to do a service project (personal) with our missionaries.  I  just wanted to distribute some rice to needy families,( and there's  plenty!).  But out of the blue, someone contacted dad and I and told  us he wanted to donate some groceries to be distributed to needy  families… and 10 bags for each branch in the whole MIndoro Occidental.  He wanted the missionaries to manage the delivery of the goods....
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News from Mindoro

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  Hello everyone! We love you!  We hope you are all doing well! As we ponder about the forthcoming Thanksgiving holiday, we are grateful for many things.  We had been blessed with so many experiences that had allowed us to know the Savior better.    We are living witnesses of His many miracles and tender mercies.  Words cannot express our gratitude for the Savior.  WE invite you all to continue to draw close unto HIM. These past few weeks had been very eventful.  First, we survived typhoon Paeng.  It was so strong in our area…heavy rains and strong winds.  There were floods all over but we were blessed not to be much affected by it except for the brown outs. (no electricity for 48 hours).  It’s fun to listen to the storm when one is safe and protected.  Such power! Church was canceled but we had a Sacrament Meeting here at home with some of the Missionaries.  It was a very good meeting.  The Spirit was strong and...
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Bagyo

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We’re stuck here at home today because of typhoon (bagyo)Paeng.  We’re signal #3 in our area… that’s the strongest wind and heavy rains.  That will be for the next 18 hours per weather advisory forecast.  There’s no electricity!
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Baptisms

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  Hello our beloved family, I hope everyone is doing well and the grandkids are happy.  It has been a challenge to keep up  writing our letters.  Internet is unstable here sometimes plus  traveling takes up a lot of our time. It has been a very busy and eventful few weeks .  We have also witnessed a lot of miracles as we serve here in our area.  We know for sure that this is Lord's work!  We had witnessed His hands in all that we do here.  The field is white in this part of His Vineyard.   Every companionship in our Zone last week had one or more baptisms.  And they continue to have baptisms on a weekly basis.  They usually baptize in the ocean or river because they don't have a baptismal font yet.  They only have small meetinghouses here.  Only two branches have a church building.  We were able to attend some of their baptisms.  It is just so humbling to see the members support each other.  D...
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Fruits of Our Labors

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Beloved Family, This week was such a hectic one.  We tried to repaint the apartment but we ran out of paint.  We had to drive 5 hours away in Calapan, just to get them.  That's on the other side of the island.  While there, we visited with our missionaries there.  We treated them to dinner.  They were so happy to meet with us.  They are just hard working young men and women who love the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We came back on Wednesday.  As soon as we arrived in our apartment, we had a call from the Mission Office and told us to help some missionaries who were having problems with their housing.  So, we had to drive back to Socorro, which is about 4 hours away to find housing for the missionaries.  We were blessed to find a beautiful house that met the missionary standard for housing.  I do not know how it all happened but things just work out so smoothly.  We knew for sure that the Lord is in charge. On Thursday, we staye...
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Family Day

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Today was the first time we attended the San Jose Branch. Dad presided over the branch. They asked us to talk impromptu. These are the SA here. The guy in black is the Branch President. He just got off work. The other pictures were were from their activity day. They call it ‘family day’. The whole Philippines is celebrating ‘family day’ every year. It was a church member who brought this to Philippine Congress and had it approved. So, this is a celebration for the whole Philippines. Every auxiliary in the ward performed something. The RS danced the Zumba. The SA also did a dance. The primary also had a presentation. Then they had family games and course eating afterwards. We’re still checked in at the hotel after the fire. Anyway, love you all. Take care. 
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