sugar cane harvest. all canes are cut by hand

and loaded by hand. they will be working

on this for the next month or two. i hate

to see the fieldsall stripped. they are so

pretty when they areall green from rolling

hill to hill.

beautiful green sugar cane fields



a funeral when the sun is shinning, its makes for
a colorful picture with all the unbrellas.

sugar canes fall all over the roads. no rules

in this country. that is the main road we all

travel on with the bikes and trixiecabs,

pedestrians, buses etc.

a home made toy, i think it is made of sugar

canes or bamboo not sure. the little children

don't know how to play with real toys. we have

given them some and they put it down after

a few minutes.

same toy

a beautiful place to be, all of the island is nice

except for the inner city.

some modern machinery

maybe rated. kids bathing on the sidewalk.

very cute and happy.

Mom and I went to the Mall and I insisted on

having my picture beside this neat car. I put

a downpayment on it and it will be shipped to

Saint George sometime next month.

This is Mom's adopted "homeless" family. They
got kicked out of their little shelter by our apt. and
had to move into the mountains. After church
we went to their new "spot". It was a brutal climb
and when we got there, we were just in a jungle. The walk
from their "spot" to a real road is straight up for
approx. a thousand yards. the walkway consists of
hand poured, hand laid, hand carried cement blocks.

This is a famous pirate. I think his name is
Captain Jack Sparrow (aka OJP). He showed up at our ward
Halloween party last week. what a cool guy. Check out the hair.

Here is that Captain Jack Sparrow again. My, what
a handsome fellow. I didn't know he was married to
a beautiful Gypsy woman. Mom made her own
tamborines out of tin pie plates, but left them home.
Needless to say, Captain Sparrow won Grand Prize.
The prize was a nicely wrapped piece of tupperware.

Here is Jack and Mrs. Sparrow along with James Bond
and his lady. In fact, Mr. Bond is the primary
engineer for the new temple in Cebu. They live in
New Zealand. He travels all over
the world building LDS Temples. He was just
baptized two months ago. She was baptized about
one month later. Lovely people.

Big stack of shredded coconut hulls. Not sure

what they use this stuff for; Probably for

fuel or something.

A young missionary (the one with hair) showing

Elder Peck a deep water well used by the

people of this village. The well is about 30-40 ft. deep

Look at the surrounding vegetation. This little

family of seven kids truly lives "in the bush" in

the Philippines. They love to have their pictures

taken. Their huts are scattered throughout

the forest.

This is the dish washing mode. She is on a dirt

floor, down on her haunches. This is Francisco's

wife.

Typical Cebu poor man's kitchen. No running water.

Open fires. Surprised they don't burn their huts

down. This, too, is Francisco's house.

Winding, muddy path to Francisco and his

neighborhood friends. This path gets washed

away and they have to make new stairs.

Continued path to Francisco's neighborhood.

Remember he carries his bike on his back

through this area. He is the guy with one leg.

This boy is getting water from a hole dug in the

rocks beside stream.

Path to Francisco's house continues. That would

be Sister Peck getting ready to leap.



Tailor on the side of the highway enroute to Bogo.
The old treadle machine is rusty and way old.

This cute little guy is the local broom salesman.

He walks the streets endlessly, from car to car

and from business to business.

This is the antique coconut shredder. This baby

is old. I can git 'er don with this thing.

these pigs were all scraped cleaned and gutted

ready far the barbecue . it was a very hot

day and they didn't smell too good.

What do you think this is? It is a fresh picked

coconut. After you chop the end off, you make

a little hole and suck out the "Buco" juice. Then

you peal away the outer cover, and crack open

hard coconut. Inside the coconut is yogurt-like

you eat with a spoon.

Mam and a Caribou. Lots of Caribou in these parts.

Here is Francisco showing me how to scrape
the coconut meat onto a plate. It comes out
shredded like we use at home. The tool he
is using is a Filipino antique, possibly 75-100
years old. That left leg on
Francisco is a fake one.


This is mid-day on a main street we travel
to work. People just walk around them. They
are exhausted from begging on the streets.
Notice the carboard under them.

how many riders

in one trixicab? we

think 10 is max.

Francico cutting open a

coconut for me. it is

really good.

OJ wanted this picture of a
jeep from the war in 1941

Our adopted family at the mall.

the young girl is Rosie, maybe

she will join the church later.

she would be a fun pen pal for

Jaxon, Mariah,Makayla, or

Ashlyn.

time flies

making a living

a hard days work
the old way

gas stations, buy by the coke bottle

a cool ride

trucking them in

there are so many interesting things over here,

but i get used to them and start thinking it's ordinary.
some of the things i wanted to mention is that the advertizing

in this part of the world, all of asia is so different than the U.S.

none of the magazines carry personel care items or revealing

clothes. in other word even the ads are modest. it's the catholic

church who is in control and i see some good things about

that. there youth are so much more inocent than ours.

we took the young family that is in our blog to the mall last

week for family home evening. we bought pizza and sat in the

mall and watched the waterfalls and enjoyed the beautiful

park like atmosphere. we then walked through the mall.

there eyes were so wide open and Pablo said that he didn't

think he could come in the mall because his skin was so dark.

we opened their eyes up to a whole new world. i hope they are

brave enough to go again on there own.

they are going to be baptized as soon as they can get married.

it has been a problem to get Gena a birth certifac so some one

is working on that. she is expecting a new baby in about 2 weeks.

cute shy little girl

by her brother and

her home out of the city

another home out in the country

big event in the small town.

main hi-way and legal parking.

nice cool travel and cheap.

woman at the well



some guy liked our temple in S.L.
he built this an another church here in
cebu to look like ours. i don't know the
nameof it. But i heard only the upper
class are members.


i want to write a few words about living here. it could be the most beautiful place in the world if only it were clean. we love to get out of the city and visit the districts and branches to help re- activate members. we do this every other weekend. the leaders are still learning how to run the church. they try so hard and mostly it is a younger church. so many philippino missionaries, both girls and boys are serving. they will have a great church over here if they keep active. the leaders, like a branch president can be some young man not long off his mission, and newly married. they also are not getting married because they are so poor. there are a lot of very good women, returned missionaries that can't find a good husband. these are educated and pretty women. pray for the people for us. i don't want them to change how humble and sweet they are,but i would like to see a better economy. when you read the book of mormon, it makes you afraid for people to have more for fear they will not be able to stay humble. this mission has diffidently made me more thankful for our great blessings.

Bogo

Warren resort in Bogo

it was beautiful there, but

shabby. the first cooler weather

we have been in. it must have been

around 75 degrees that moring.

felt great.

a 13 yearold with club feet. if you can help us find

the right organization to help him let me know. i

will try looking on the internet. but i not the best at

that. he lives in a remote area called San Ramegio.

a small child carrying water. it was very heavy.

oran tried lifting it to see how much it weighed

this is good history. this little island had a very
bad time during the invasion.

sugar cane fields. they won't be ready to

harvest until Nov. they are already so high.

a nice parade on the way to Bogo. a district we

were ask to go visit. with no traffic control on the

main highway

this is what a cemetery looks like over here.

after you have been here for five years or so

they just dump your bones out and re stack again

this is a common site for funerals. they all walk

down the street in traffic and people throw coins

on the street for them to pick up to help with the

costs.

another comon site, so much for safety. and the

umbrella is a nice touch.

OJ found a cock fighting arena. It was called

Remeglio Square Garden.Not exactly missionary

work but interesting and colorful. I didn't place

any bets.

More cock fights. This is sanctioned fighting with referees,

yelling crowds, betting, etc.

I was lovin' it. Mom didn't choose to attend.

Her interests are more spiritual.



Another arena hours before the main event.