Don't Take Our Car!

We are believers in the United Order....I guess in theory only! There is a new senior couple coming to the Laoag Philippines Mission in a few weeks.  Only problem is, there is no car available for them.....anywhere...between here and Manila.  We keep bracing ourselves for the announcement from President Barrientos: "Elder and Sister Eddington, since the new senior couple's mission  assignment covers such a large area, cough up your car, please!" Elder has his response all prepared: "That will be fine, President. We will trade our car for a ticket back to Utah." But we don't think it will come to that since we had a great brainstorming session with President the other day.  My suggestion was to buy the new couple a tricycle. 

Not this kind of tricycle

THIS kind of tricycle

Great way to get around....and great gas mileage.

President Barrientos had his own suggestion: kuliglig! Awesome idea! For those of you who don't know what a kuliglig is, read on.  A rice farmer uses a kuliglig like a rototiller.  It  aerates the muddy soil in the rice fields.

After a hot and tiring day in his field, the farmer just hooks the kuliglig up to a trailer, and he has an instant commuter vehicle.

President quickly vetoed his own idea: "A kuliglig would go too slowly."  I thought it was a MARVELOUS idea.  It would match the pace of senior couples. (Any idea is better than giving up our car.)

A few days after our brainstorming session with President, Elder Eddington came up with a brilliant idea! It is heads and shoulders better than the tricycle or kuliglig idea: A JEEPNEY!  GENIUS!

Elder was really thinking: "Not only would it be great for weekday travel, but it could be The Mormon Express.  A great way to give members rides to Church on Sundays!" 

Then I joined in on the brainstorming: "It could be SO very tricked out with things like:

A great thought-provoking title":

Elder added: "The Mormon Music Channel could be playing beautiful music":

I suggested adding some classy custom curtains with the following design:

 

 

And of course, the hood ornament of all hood ornaments:

We can't wait to tell President Barrientos our new plan! ANYTHING that will allow us to keep our car!