Wow! It’s been quite a week. We went to the Temple and the going home activities on Tuesday. We said goodbye to 2 of our Naic alumni. When the transfer notice came Monday evening we also found that we were saying farewell to lots of our current Zone.
Wednesday at transfer meeting we got 8 new Zone members. That’s half of our Zone.
Our Sisters are finally here. Sister Frost and Sister Betts are the best! We have 2 new Zone Leaders, Elder Dymock and Elder Richwine (an alumni)!
New Comers - Sis. Frost, Sister Betts, Elder Richwine, Elder Dymock and Bruce Pipit (Naic Branch member)
We also have 4 other new Elders in the different areas making half of our Zone “new”. It’s going to be great! We went to a planning meeting on Friday morning and the Zone members are really excited and it was so good to get to meet everyone.
Thursday we went to Makati and met Sister Schardt. She had arrived the day before from the Provo MTC. She had found our blog after receiving her mission call and contacted us. We corresponded several times so it was nice to put a face with the name and letters. She is assigned to the DasMarinias Zone which is nearby so we’ll probably get to see her again soon.
Saturday was a different experience for us. The Tanza Branch asked us to teach a class about Conversational English. We had over 20 YM/YW there and practiced saying words in English and learning some basic rules. The kids were really good sports and were able to laugh at themselves when they made mistakes. They were much braver in English than we are when we speak Tagalog.
Our schedule for next week is full, which is a blessing. We both prefer being busy. (Keeping busy keeps Sister Smith out of trouble and makes Elder Smith’s job much easier.)
The fruit of the month is Sineguelas. It is small and the skin feels like the skin of a plum.
It is fairly sweet and juicy with a large seed in the middle so there isn’t much substance to them. 
They remind both of us of plums but are more oval shaped.
3 comments:
It's a good thing you two keep busy.. I'd hate for you to get into trouble on your mission :) How great to have all new Missionaries in your Zone... they will love serving with you!
What with video Skyping, anxiously awaited new blog posts, and learning all about Tuko geckos, we're kept constantly excited about the Manila Mission. Keep up the good work, and thanks for the Skypes! E-talk with you soon!!!
I quite enjoy sineguelas, the locals call them "filipino plums" so you're not too far off. But I still like my more substantial plums...
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