our favorite missionaries

elder castillo and elder kitek?

he was up there in lest than a minute

getting coconuts

this little pig went to market

outing at a rotatarians beach house

a few notes about the pinoys, there are very few gray haired people, hair dye would be a good business here. someone stole my purse last night at the church parking lot. we were sitting on a wall watching the 3 little children of our investigators when some one ask us a few questions to draw our attention away from watching our stuff. they got nothing of value however because i had unloaded my purse to put crackers and a book for the children in it. a good lesson for me next time. while we were there the little four year old started taking of her pants and then lowered her undies and peed right there on the sidewalk. us americans were really shocked, but we just laughed. i think her mother would have been embarrassed but she was in an english class. some missionary teaches english on tues. weds.& thurs. its great for the people here. the malls always have a lot of people in them, more than the ut. malls. i guess it's because there are alot more people living here even though some of them probaly never go near the malls. just shows how the rich and the poor are divided. the children all wear uniforms to school, even high school and they look so nice and tidy. the people are very modestly dressed. you never see stomachs, butts, breasts or anything. our people could learn alot from them. they don't date either until late teens or twenties. they are very repectful of their parents.

we went to shangra la for fathers day. it is a very expensive and very beautiful resort near here. our meal cost us 80 us dollars. the sand is white and the water is warn. i went swimming after dark in all my clothes. it was great fun and you didn't notice a difference in the temperature of the water and the temperature of the air. oran didn't get wet at all. its so much fun to be in that kind of water. i felt a bit guilty spending all that money with so much poverty around us but it sure was a lift to the soul to see beautiful things again.
Great new about our little family, she ask to know more about our church. the missionaries are teaching them now. pray that they will gain a testimony, it will change their lives so much.

the back of the hospital

elder kiketa?

taxies

tricyle cargo

real live flowers

they can't believe that we

don't have them in the states

a wedding on the beach

a bit of paradise

happy father's day

gate keeper, you'll see him in heaven

our little family
pablo, jean, jeanann, stephany& baby boy

the fridge is just storage

all the other stuff is for home improvement

the middle of the mall by where we work

our house, it looks nicer than it is

the new temple and the project engineer

the extravagant wiring of the city

hi, everyone. i wish i could just write a letter and tell you all what we are experiencing. i really don' t like typeing. but i'll try. some of the things we are already taking for granted, like our car is washed every morning before we get up by the gate keeper. our house is cleaned every other week and all oran's shirts are ironed. we eat out a lot. the food here is very good in resturants but i don't like the food we would eat in the states, for some reason it tastes different. i have been told it is because they add sugar to everything even the bread. there is a little family that are squatters right next to where we live. a young couple with two girls and a boy about 3, 2, and 1 years old. we give them food and will try to help them. i will get a picture of them soon and put it on the blog. the traffic here is another story, there are no rules, you just inch your way in front of each other just like you would if you were in a big crowd trying to get in a store or movie. we got a new car and your dad wrecked it the second day, but it is just a little dent on the bumper. the people here are all really kind and polite and they love american's. i haven't seen any anger. i'll write more later. lov mom

our gate keeper has had his leg amputated from gangreen and some american's paid for an artificial leg, it's a little on the crude side but it works. when we first got here we ask how to get to the mall, he jumped on his little bicycle and pedaled there in front of us and then pedaled back, all with a smile on his face. he is about the size of alec. he is a good member and has six sons. three of them have been on missions and one taught the gospel doctrine class and did very well. none of the sons are working so he supports all of them. the unemployment rate here is 37 %, he makes about $ 40.00 a month. oran gives him extra tips regularly for being so helpful. at first i felt wierd being taller than everyone, but i'm used to it now. the people are usually thin because they walk every where and have little to eat, but the rich or even well to do are over weight and some of the children are chubby. there is a little tiny women, probably about as big as mariah but all bones, she is about 50 yrs. old and she does her laundry on sun. afternoons by hand on the church parking lot where there is a fauset. the squatters have no electricity and no water or toilets and it gets dark here at 6:30pm all year around. they must get very bored. it gets lite at around 5:30 am. everyone is worried about the flu but dengue fever has killed over 300 people here just this season. dengue fever is caused by mosquitoes that are out in the middle of the day and i guess they are black. the malls are better than anything we have in ut. but we get lost in them and then very frustrated. the clothes are beautiful and in style and not very expensive. a pretty blouse for a girl is about $12.00 compared to the states it would cost double. little girls dresses at name brands is also around $15.00. i just wish they carried my size. well that's enough about us for now, we love all of you and want to hear from you. lov mom