Hospital Episode

Brave Elder Diaz in hospital for kidney stones.  He is determined 

to always drink lots of water and eat healthy always!  Kidney 

stones are not fun!  Elder Diaz is a hardworking assistant to 

President Peterson!  We love him and are glad his pain was not 

for something more serious!  He is better now!

Visit to Marinduque

When we went for interviews on Marinduque, we decided to spend

the night so we could go to church in one of the Branches there,

the Baco Branch.  We stay at the Villa Aplaya which has a 

beautiful setting on the beach.  Here we are having pandasal roll

and pineapple juice before going to church.

Isn't this a beautiful view?  This would be a nice place to sit

and read a good book and just enjoy the view!

Another view...

& another...

See the fishing boat on the clear smooth water!  Yes, it is the 

ocean and not a lake!

Zones Interviews, April, 2012

This is during Zone Interviews with the Lipa Zone.  I was talking 

to them about their dress and grooming.  I am pictured here 

teaching the missionaries how to sew up a hole in the seam of 

their pants or skirts when they need to.  It was interesting to see

how easy it was for some (especially the sisters) and very difficult

for others. From the left, we have Sisters Macariola, Marino, and

Tumaliuan, and Elders Yost, Jones, Thompson, Torres, Orro, and

Cabacunan.

Here are three of our elders very determined to figure it out!

Elder Yost and Elder Jones.  Elder Yost is Elder Jones' 

Trainer.  They are a great companionship.

Elder Torres, Elder Orro and Elder Cabacunan with a 

happy pose!

Sister Folau and Sister Buton are companions.  Sister

Buton is doing the sewing here.  She is doing a great job

being a Trainer for Sister Folau.  They are good together!

Elder Diat and Elder Mayola are so happy with my 

juice selection!!

Elder Revillo is proud of his sewing abilities.  Elder

Salisbury is showing off his mail!

Here is Cabuyao Zone Back row, Elders Ayap, Diaz, Natividad, 

Delos Santos, Castillo, Sanchez, Bayla, Nance, & Waga. Middle 

row, Elders Sollano, Cortez, Lalo, Meniano & Najardo.  

Front Sisters Padua, Billings, Carmichael, & Baladad.

The Batangas Zone with President Peterson just getting ready for 

interviews.  From the left, back row, Elders Perez, Clark, 

Pesamino, Libutti, Ebuen, & Hurst. Front row, Sisters Pacampara, 

& Roque, Elders Basco, Biala, Yelle, Cortez & Diaz (AP's)

Marinduque Zone, from the left, Elder De Guia, Elder Brown,

Sister Gabunada, Sister Ramos, Elder Naeata, Elder Diaz, Elder

Cortez, Elder Smith, Elder Mendoza & Elder Burton.

This is a picture of some of the members of Boac Branch of the

Marinduque District. You can see Elder Burton in the middle back.

Elder Cortez is in front of him & Elder Mendoza is on the right end.

The Lopez Zone...Elders Garnica, De Young, Yance, Collado, 

Diaz, Nalesoni (in front), Nerza, Leavitt, Pascua, Tollentino, 

Caubulejo & Alvaro.  Sisters, Villiasis & Salon.

Siniloan Zone studying while they wait for interviews & 

workshops to start.

Elders Eldridge and Surio are listening intently at the Assistants, 

Elders Cortez and Diaz are teaching their workshop at the 

Siniloan Zone interviews.

The Santa Cruz Zone...Front row, starting with AP's on the left,

Elders Cortez and Diaz, Sisters Pajarin, Sister Romua, Elders

Abendanio and Rosario.  Middle row, Elders Visoria, 

Delos Santos, Pratt, Cello, Mac Millen and Sembrano. Back

row, Elders Bactad, Maiz, Adams, Guyer, Edvalson and Torculas.

President teaching the Santa Cruz Zone before interviews.

Baptism is Darasa, April 22, 2012

This was a baptism in the Darasa Branch in the Lipa Stake.  The 

sister that was baptized is on my left. (The only one without a 

name tag!) Sister Marino is between President and I with Sister 

Tumaliuan on the other end.  It was a sweet experience.

More wanted to get in the Picture!!  These were friends from

the Branch that attended the baptism!

Elder & Sister Boehme's Visit, April 18-19, 2012

Here is a typical view of President "treasuring up" 

the words of Christ!

This is a picture in front of a big map of our mission that hangs in 

the office.  From the left is Elder & Sister Boehme, who is our Area

Medical Adviser, Sister & President Peterson, and Gilda 

(pronounced, Hilda).  Gilda is the X-ray tech in the Area offices in 

Manila.  They came down to visit hospitals in our mission to set up

accounts for the good care of our missionaries.  Gilda was very 

helpful with her Tagalog and knowledge of the the Technical 

facilities needed, such as MRIs, CAT Scans, etc.  We were so 

grateful for what they got accomplished while staying in our home 

for two nights.  They are all delightful people and easy to have!  

They left contracts at 7 hospitals throughout the mission.  They 

are, Calamba Doctors Hospital, St. Frances Cabrini Medical 

Center in Santo Tomas, Mary Mediatrix Medical Center in 

Lipa City, San Pablo Community Hospital, Laguna Holy Family 

Hospital in Santa Cruz, Our Lady of Caysasay Medical Center 

in Lemery, and Bauan Doctors General Hospital.  We hope to 

get contracts set up in Mindoro, Gumaca and Lucena next week.  

They left four more contracts for us to take around to those 

remaining hospitals.  

Visit to Mindoro for Recommend Interviews April 2012

Before catching the boat to Mindoro, we stopped by to visit 

Elder Pesamino and Elder Libutti in their apartment.  I think

they are happy with each other! :-)

Here is a picture of President with Elders Ah Wong & Pascua

in front of their house in Baco, Mindoro.

The Mindoro Zone Leaders on the doorstep of the Baco elders'

house...Elders Pascua (yes there are 2 Pascuas on the island!) and

Elder Navarro.  Elder Navarro is holding a Philippine broom used

for outdoor sweeping.

This is our AP's feeling really "astig" with these helmets and bikes.  

They belong to the Baco elders, who are some of the first elders

in our mission to get bikes.  Roads are so narrow in most of our

areas so we haven't had bikes.  It has felt much safer to take 

public transportation of tricycles, jeepneys or buses.  However,

some of the areas on Mindoro are spread out and public 

transportation is not available sometimes in some of the areas.

You can see Elder Campbell in the background on the left.  In

front we have Elder Pascua (from Baco) Elder Navarro (Zone

Leader) and Elder Cortez (AP)

Visits to Two of Our Branches

This was a Sunday we spent in the very small branch of Ibaan, 

March 18, 2012.  It was a surprise visit and the Branch was 

so excited and happy to have us come and visit.  Elder and Sister 

Packer came with us.  I am sorry we didn't get a picture with 

some of the members or with our missionaries serving there, 

Elders Orro and Cabacunan.

I was trying to get a really good picture of this guy and his Carabao

as we drove by him, but I missed the head!  I was too slow! This

was on our way to Ibaan.

This was another Branch we visited with the Packers on 

April 1, 2012.  It is the Malinao Branch in the Lopez Stake.  

You can see our elders on both ends in the front, Elders 

Caubalejo and Nerza. President Peterson promised the elders that

 if they got the attendance up to 100 members, we would come 

and visit.  It was a wonderful experience with these beautiful,

humble saints that are so happy to have the gospel in their lives.  

Many have been less-active and have returned to full fellowship.  

These elders are humble, loving, and hard working.  

We are so proud of them!

Here is one more picture in Malinao with our elders.  

Elder Caubalejo, Elder Packer, Sister Packer, 

President Peterson, Sister Peterson and Elder Nerza.