A Great Day In The Philippines

Our day began at 5:35am yesterday.  We walked 1 1/2 miles on the Marcos University Stadium exercise track.  Sister Eddington even jogged a few laps! (Sorry Doug, no pictures of the University yet.  The closest we can come is this picture taken a few days ago just down the street from the University.)



Very unusual flowers growing near Marcos Stadium

 Then off to attend the 8am baptism of Garlene Lazaro Melchor.  We have been involved with the sister missionaries in her teaching for quite a few weeks. What a sweet young thing.



Sister Reyes, Sister Garlene, and Sister Serrano - in front of the Laoag Stake Center

Before the baptism

Some of the baptism attendees

Garlene's baptism being over, we then went down the hall to the relief sociaty room to join the single adults who were having a family history activity.  We had previously been invited to attend, so we loaned them our laptops and helped out.

Next, up the stairs to the chapel to give Sister Michelle her weekly piano lesson.  She is a dedicated soul, practicing every day. 

Sister Michelle posing by a HUGE marigold plant

Sister Sariah's lesson came next. I had told Michelle she (Michelle) was my star student, so she wanted to stick around to hear how Sariah was progressing.  If Sariah was ahead of Michelle, then Michelle was going to practice harder.  Michelle laughed at her folly, and immediately repented. What a cutie!

After finishing Sariah's lesson, we raced off to Bacarra, being late for another baptism. Half way there, we realized we had left the camera back at the stake center, but didn't have time to return to retrieve it.  Sorry. 

We arrived late for the baptism of Mikko Castillo, a great 12-year-old young man.  Previously we were able to accompany the elders for two of his lessons.  He was baptized the same time two other eight-year-old girls were baptized.  One of the baptized girl's name was Princess Ramones. 

Then back to the Laoag Stake Center for another piano lesson---which was canceled, but we didn't check our cell phone messages to know that.  But it turned out well.  While waiting for the non-existent lesson, the elders introduced me to an investigator who would like piano lessons. So it was a profitable wait. 

We returned to our apartment in the middle of a torrential rainstorm to face our uneaten breakfast still sitting on the table.

 At 7pm, we worked on member records for a while. It was a great day.



Elder Eddington working on member records

Hugs and "Misses", Elder and Sister Eddington