Welcoming President and Sister Mangum and Saying goodbye July 1, 2014

President Peterson driving with President Mangum in the 

the seat next to him as we are traveling to the mission home 

after picking up he and his wife at the airport in Manila. 

Sister Mangum took a picture of me as she and I were talking

in the back seat on our way to the mission home.

In the mission office with Ruby Baliwas, our former house 

help and caterer for our Zone Conferences, her husband, 

Bishop Baliwas who was also our night security watch for 

the mission home, and our newer house help, 

We lost our camera on the way home from our mission and I

missed getting pictures in the blog of our last Zone 

Conference...among other things!  The Hansen's took a

few pictures of us getting goodbye hugs at the end of the

conference!  We love our missionaries!!

More hugs... :-)

A good-bye Haka from our Polynesians in the Mission!

Saying Good-bye to our dear friends, Ruby and 

Bishop Baliwas!  They helped us so much!  We will never

forget them!  We love you!!

Say good-bye to our office staff!  Elder Bodkin (AP) 

is next to me, Elder Talinoa (Office Elder), President about 

to hug Elder Reynolds (Office Elder), and Elder Valdez 

looking on and waiting for his good-bye!

President and Sister Mangum with us in front of the mission

office.  Bishop Baliwas looking on in the background.

Here we are, getting in the car to leave for the airport!  Elder

and Sister Hansen drove us!  It was so hard to say good-bye!

Welcoming President and Sister Mangum and Saying goodbye

President Peterson driving with President Mangum in the 

the seat next to him as we are traveling to the mission home 

after picking up he and his wife at the airport in Manila. 

Sister Mangum took a picture of me as she and I were talking

in the back seat on our way to the mission home.

In the mission office with Ruby Baliwas, our former house 

help and caterer for our Zone Conferences, her husband, 

Bishop Baliwas who was also our night security watch for 

the mission home, and our newer house help, 

We lost our camera on the way home from our mission and I

missed getting pictures in the blog of our last Zone 

Conference...among other things!  The Hansen's took a

few pictures of us getting goodbye hugs at the end of the

conference!  We love our missionaries!!

More hugs... :-)

A good-bye Haka from our Polynesians in the Mission!

Saying Good-bye to our dear friends, Ruby and 

Bishop Baliwas!  They helped us so much!  We will never

forget them!  We love you!!

Say good-bye to our office staff!  Elder Bodkin (AP) 

is next to me, Elder Talinoa (Office Elder), President about 

to hug Elder Reynolds (Office Elder), and Elder Valdez 

looking on and waiting for his good-bye!

President and Sister Mangum with us in front of the mission

office.  Bishop Baliwas looking on in the background.

Here we are, getting in the car to leave for the airport!  Elder

and Sister Hansen drove us!  It was so hard to say good-bye!

MLC May, 2014

Transfer Week/New Incoming Missionaries April 23-24, 2014

Our next batch of fine missionaries...Elder Coloma, Sister Paulo,
Elder Encinares, Sister Karawa, Elders Sison, Bulo, President,
Elders Minas, Fernandez, Me, Elders Farley, Villamor, Sister
Lero, Elders Vaitohi, Costales and Lopez.

Waiting for orientation, Elders Costales, Fernandez, Villamor, 

Sison, Encinares, and Farley.  Don't they look excited?!

Here's the other half of the room... Elders Encinares, Farley,

Vaitohi, Lopez, Coloma (closing the door), Bulos (playing

the piano) and Minas.

Here we are with Sister Paulo...

...with Sister Karawa...

...with Sister Lero...

...with Elder Farley...

Elder Encinares...

Elder Fernandez...

Elder Sison...

Elder Lopez...

Elder Coloma...

Elder Costales...

Elder Bulos...

Elder Villamor...

Elder Vaitohi...

...and Elder Minas.

Transfer Week/Departing Missionaries April 20-22, 2014

Again, parting is such "sweet sorrow"!  We are always sad to have

missionaries leave, but are excited for their future endeavors!

Pictured here is Elder Viloria, Sister Banzali, President, Elder

Capulac, Me, Elder Inlayo, Sister Andersen and Elder Pablico.

It is always a bit of a chore getting luggage ready for the trip 

home...especially those flying.  They can't go over a certain 

weight and they often have to decide what to leave behind! :-(

Elder Capulac is sitting on the sofa, Sisters Malig and Banzali 

are standing with Elders Pablico and Viloria squatting down with

their luggage, working hard!  Elder Inlayo with his famous pose!

In the background, you see Elder Boyd talking with his new 

companion and fellow Assistant to President, Elder Valdez.

President and Sister Andersen are visiting in the far background.

The missionaries get to call home to make sure they are going to 

be picked up at the airport or bus terminal.  Sister Andersen is 

doing that in this picture.

Another angle of those missionaries working to get their stuff ready.

Elder Hansen is visiting with the office elders about this weeks 

duties, etc. Elders Talanoa, Hansen, Reynolds and Ano-Os. Elder

Talanoa is being trained to take Elder Ano-Os' place in the office.

We will miss Elder Ano-Os!! He did a wonderful job and he is 

always so happy and kind!

Sister Malig is going home early for a medical release.  She is

such a sweet sister!  We will miss her.  We hope she recovers

quickly!

Train the Trainers April 17, 2014

General Conference April 12-13, 2014

We attended General Conference in San Pablo Stake Center on

Saturday and Sunday at Santa Cruz and Cabuyao stakes...

One of our returned missionaries showed up there with a girlfriend.

This is Elder (Brother) Biala!  We miss him! I know...his girlfriend

looks very young.  She's 21 and even prettier in person!