Sister Watson has had a chest
cold since Friday and is not doing well.
Now I have a sore throat which is good.
As missionaries, when your companion is sick you are both grounded so we
might as well be sick together. I have
a prescription for some antibiotics from when I had bronchitis in July. It is not a big deal to get drugs over the
counter here so one prescription can be refilled quite easily. We have to go to Laganoy today to do a
planning meeting so we will get hooked up with some good drugs today. We are always too busy on weekends so we
need to get well now!
The meeting went well. Bishop Vale crammed 14 people into his
office because it has air con. The
missionaries in that area are very supportive and have heard of the success in
the Iriga zone so we offered to teach them a onetime training and they gave us
their district training time on Friday.
Wednesday…Valerie is very
sick but won’t quit. We scheduled a
meeting with a member of the district presidency in Pamplona for today. It is a two hour drive so I tried to talk
Valerie into staying in bed and we would re-schedule but she wants to get it
done. We drove to Pamplona and had a
very good planning meeting with Preseident Cedron. He is a dynamic young leader and is a great asset to the
district. We had to do business and make
payments at the mission office, bought some food and got home before dark. We were too beat to make any dinner so we
had our fall back meal…fruit and oatmeal!
It is our staple here!
Thursday was a slower day. I did some local business while Valerie
rested. We had a lot of homework to
catch up on and to get ready for the Lagonoy training tomorrow. We both napped
in the afternoon because we were exhausted and it is so hot outside. It is about 36 degrees above but there is a
slight breeze. I had to deliver some
recyclables to President Botor’s home.
His wife has a stand where she sells something she has cooked to put
over rice. Last week I bought two fish. The broth and veggies were very delicious as
they cook everything in coconut milk, but we are still not fish fans. There is a big cock fighting arena beside
President Botor’s home. This is a
better picture of the gate. The top
head gate says, “Welcome to BAAO SQUARE GARDEN.” The gate has advertisements for the best chicken feed to raise a
good fighting rooster. There are bill
board signs with owners holding their champion fighting rooster endorsing a
brand of chicken feed.
We were on the road by 7:00 AM to get to the Lagonoy meeting. The missionaries are so amazing! This is the Lagonoy district getting instructions from Sister Watson.
On the drive home we got some footage of a thrashing crew close to the road. I didn’t take any still pics of it but have it in my “farming” file of videos.
Valerie took Saturday off and
tried to rest but of course rest to her means working on FH in her computer in
bed. I did a big load of wash. It was a perfect drying day. It was hot and breezy. My heart soared like a hawk. We have two wash lines. One is near the back door so is sheltered by
the house and trees and doesn’t get much sun, wind or insects. The other line is in the back yard jungle
tied to three palm trees. It is much
more exposed but the ants use the line as a highway. I have been shaking the ants off the line and spraying the tree
where the line is connected and having good success. However, I learned that once the sun goes down at 5:45 PM the
ants begin their exodus down the line.
I had forgotten to take the towels down with the other laundry earlier
because they were out of sight. I went
out in the dark to get our towels which were very dry and fresh, shook them
lightly and felt something hit my face so I was sure the odd creature had been
taken care of, and brought them into the house. I threw the pile on the bed and began picking one at a time to
shake, fold and put into the towel drawer.
When I had finished I noticed I was covered in ants and so was the room
where I had shaken them. Naturally,
Valerie came in at that moment to return to bed to see our new ant pile I had created
for her. Although she was sick, I
marveled at the energy she was able to muster to deal with my neglect, but the
poor ants took the brunt of her wrath and the situation was quickly remedied
with dispatch.
We have several pictures of
the missionaries, members and investigators with the branch. These are the sisters that serve in this
area. Sister Bakly is in the Blue on
the right side and Sister Bagio is in the stripped skirt in the middle. Sister is showing off the extra buns they
gave us for snack time! The baking is
amazing but very rich. Fresh dairy is
almost nonexistent here so their baking recipes consist mostly of condensed
milk and eagle brand. If you live sweet
baking…this is heaven!
We got lost in down town Naga after dark trying to find our way to the mission home from the Sister’s apartment. As usual, we had the feeling to follow a specific line of traffic and after only one u-turn we found familiar territory and got back to the mission office to return the projector. We accidently met with the Gamil family. They are the area representatives for family history so we had a short meeting. We met their son who left on Tuesday, for the MTC on his way to Africa for his mission.
This ends another exciting week here in the Naga mission. We miss you all and wish the internet worked so we could talk with you. Thanks again for all your sacrifices in our behalf. We love you all!
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