Mission Leaders Council February 2014

Our Mission Leaders Council (MLC) for February, front row,

Sisters Umiten, Warburton, Aotriz, Cowley, President, Me, 

Sisters Tua'one, Anderson, Baird, Asuncion, Ortiola, and Ika. 

Middle row, Elders Torio, Bodkin, Hansen, Pelayo, Bayubay, 

Capulac, Aguilar, and Pangilinan.  Back row, Elders Malit (AP),

Boyd (AP), Inlayo, Crockett, Slater, Valdez, Polatis, Mallari, 

McMillan, Manalili, Caling, Rivera, Johnson, and Bacyan.

Miscellaneous pictures during Transfer week January 29-30, 2014

Sister Lacanienta, Me and Sister Burnham. Love these sisters!

Good friends Elder Caling and Sister Banzali...Someone else was

taking their picture so I took one with my camera too...

Elders Quinco and Caling.  They have been Zone Leaders

together in Lipa.  Elder Quinco came from the Tacloban Mission 

after the Typhoon and now he's going back to Tacloban.  We

are sad to see him go, but Elder Caling is the saddest! They have

really enjoyed being companions! 

Here's some of the Trainers going to the Alaminos Ward Chapel 

next door to get matched up with a new missionary to train! 

Sisters Smart, Gaspar de Alba, Brown, Burnham, Ott and 

Buckley.

The Assistants are pictured with the new Zone Leaders

and Sister Training Leaders and their companions. Elders

Boyd and Malit (Assistants), Elders Mallari, Polatis, Sister

Aotriz, Elder Hansen, Sister Cowley, Elder Pelayo, Sister

Umiten, Elder Aguilar, Sister Warburton, Elder Caling, 

Sister Baird and Elder Rivera.

Our dear Sister Galabo is going back to Tacloban Mission!  We

will miss her!

President taking a "selfie" with Sister Galabo... :-)

Elders Branzuela, Layugan, and Cordova visiting and eating some

of Sister Peterson's cookies!

Another one of our missionaries from the Tacloban Mission going

back!  We will miss Elder Maramba too!

This is Elder Sardido Came in all by himself.  He wasn't able to 

get a flight to come with the rest of the January batch.  We are 

glad he made it!  He's a very nice young man.

Elder Santillian is another of our fine missionaries from the 

Tacloban mission!  He is our latest one to leave!  They are taking

them back one or two at a time from here!  I know there are 10 

other missions in the Philippines going through the same thing! 

Each of the missionaries did so well to fit into our mission and 

keep their vision and purpose strong!  We love them and will 

miss them!

This is Elder Cordova from our mission who happens to be going 

home the same time Elder Santillian was going to Tacloban so they

could catch a bus together to Manila and go from there.

President loves his missionaries...not matter what!!

Attended a Baptism of this sweet family in Siniloan, taught by 

Elders Acain and Williamson.

This is a happy typical sight in the Philippines.  They are often 

celebrating some kind of Fiesta!

Two Elders (Kaafi and Bandoy) waving good-bye as they are

waiting for a bus across the street!

Some time later...They're still waiting!

It finally comes!  The final wave as they go off to their new areas!

Transfer Week...Incoming Missionaries January 2014

Some of the new arrivals are shown here as they just got off the 

bus and we're headed to the mission home. Pictured is Sister 

Hansen, Sisters Valdez, Lisaca, Pajo, Me, Dicen, President and

Elder Dela Cruz.  These are the missionaries that have come from

the Manila MTC. 

Here we are bringing in the luggage and welcoming our local 

missionaries (Manila MTC)...President, Elders Bituen, Abad,

and Ano-Os (one of our office elders).

I love this picture when President gathers the new missionaries 

around his desk to show them a map of the mission.  This is half 

of the group. They came from the Manila MTC. Sisters Kelleher, 

Valdez, Elder Dela Cruz, Sisters Dicen, Lisaca, Pajo, Elders 

Abad, and Bituen. 

Here's the foreigners coming in for this batch.  Our APs, Elders

Merriam and Malit are leading the way across the street with their 

luggage, etc.

This is President showing his map to the foreigner missionaries...

You've got to love Elder Williamson's smile!!

Walking from the bus with the new Foreigners coming from the 

Provo MTC...

President, Sisters Ramsey, Temaaka, Johnson, Rasmussen, Elder

Wooden, Sister Hansen, Me (with my eyes closed!), Sister 

Beaumont and Elder Hansen headed for the Mission home...

When the missionaries first arrive, we gather their luggage to 

the carport area at the mission home... 

Here they are all together with President and I.  From the

left, Sisters Rasmussen, Beaumont, Valdez, Temaaka, Elder

Bituen, Sister Ramsey, Me, Elders Dela Cruz, Wooden, President,

Elders Williamson, Kuhlman, Sister Pajo, Elder Abad, Sisters 

Lisaca, Kelleher, Dicen and Johnson.

Transfers...Outgoing Missionaries, January 2014

It's so hard to let our couples go!!  But I guess their family needs 

them also!!  This is Elder and Sister Gines who gave the Lord 

(and us!) a wonderful 18 months out of their busy lives to serve

the people of the Philippines and bring happiness into their lives 

and most especially into the lives of our missionaries!  Thank you,

thank you for all you did here!  It's a big adjustment to have you 

gone!  The Lord, I'm sure will find something else for you to do

there!  We Love You!!

Elder Shepherd and Elder Salisbury are a part of the January 

batch of missionaries going home, but they had to leave at the first

of the month...Elder Shepherd, because of Visa problems and 

Elder Salisbury for getting in school... We will miss them both so

much!  They were great missionaries!

These four missionaries had to leave by the 15th because of 

visa situations also! Sister Hadley, Elder Jones, President, Me,

Elder Leavitt and Sister Meti.  It's so hard to say good-bye!

Here is the rest of the batch for January missionaries!  They left 

on the 29th as originally scheduled! They live in the Philippines, 

so no problems with visas!  Elders Biala, Maiz, Sister Narciso, 

President, Me (Yes, I got rained on!), Elders Rivera and 

Pascua.  We love them all!

Elders Shepherd and Salisbury with the Assistants to the President,

Elders Malit and Merriam.

Miscellaneous Pictures January 2014

Our Dear Spencer Abanggan came for a visit. It's always good to

see him.  He told us he is planning to marry Barbie soon after she

returns from working on the cruise ship!  It will be in the Manila

temple before we leave!  We are excited about that!

This was a family from Sariaya who were just sealed in the temple.

Elder and Sister Douglas got to witness the sealing!

Elders Lalo and Villador are with Elder Villador's Uncle, who was

picking them up to give a ride to the bus station for going home!

We will miss them!

This is one of the missionaries who came to us from Tacloban,

Elder Usario.  He is headed back to his mission in Tacloban. He

is in the first batch of missionaries going back.  We will miss him! 

He is a sweet missionary!

We saw these horses trotting down the highway as we were 

waiting for a bus!

Elder Cambinian, one of our Tacloban missionaries went home for

medical reasons and hopes to come back and finish his mission.

That will be in Tacloban... We'll miss him.

Not a great picture...That's what happens sometimes when 

someone takes a picture and is not used to the iPad. 

We are visiting Canlubang Ward with Sisters Burt. Finau, Darasin,

Me, Sister Meti, President and a sweet family that we have gotten

to know in the Ward there.  Great people!

BAPTISM IN LOS BANOS

Sisters Abubo and Kekauoha, with their new convert and his 4 yr.

old daughter, Me, and President...at the baptism.

Sister Kekauoho on the keyboard and Sister Kerr on the Violin. 

They played prelude, special musical number suring the baptism.

JONNEL PASCUA AND PRINCESS LIAHONA BOCOBO 

GARCIA WEDDING IN MANILA TEMPLE

The happy couple just coming out of the temple after their sealing.

I had to include this picture with President in it to show that we 

actually attended the wedding! For some reason, we didn't 

get a picture of us with them.  That made me sad.

 The happy couple!!

This is the bride and groom with Jonnel's family. 

Bride and groom are pictured with the bride's family.

Mission Leaders Council January 2014

This is a practice Ward/Branch Council Meeting.  It was good for

the missionaries to practice how one of these Council meeting 

should be run... And how to help it be an effective meeting getting 

the members more involved in Hastening the Work of Salvation.

The Mission Leaders Council...Front row, Sisters Ika, Ortiola, 

Aotriz, Narsico, Me, President, Sisters Asuncion, Anderson,
Umiten and Hadley. Middle row, Elders Caling, Manalili,
McMillan, Minguel,Pangilinan, Bayubay, Capulac, Valdez, Bacyan
and Johnson. Back row, Elders Malit, Quinco, Merriam, Crockett,
Biala, Torio, Bodkin, Polatis, Hansen, Boyd, Inlayo and Slater.