Weekend of Sept 25th and 26th Temple trip

We attended the Manila Temple on Saturday the 25th with the Morong Branch that we were assigned to. The 11 members arrived in a Jeepney and we all were able to attend the 10:30 am session. It was great to be with them...familiar faces. While waiting for the session to start I visited with a Sister Missionary from the US. She was asked to be the Escort for a member of the ward she was assigned to . It was great to talk to her. I asked her about her apartment since being in security I wanted to know if her living conditions were safe. She smiled and said it was a "God send" and by that she meant that the toilet flushed and the shower worked. Her last area did not have those two amenities.

The members from Morong are not that anxious to have pictures taken so we did not take any nor did they say...."I want a picture with you". They just climbed back on their jeepney to get back home...about an hour away. Oh well.

On our way back to the apartment we stopped at a wet market that we heard was really good and I wanted to get some more vegetables so we stopped to take a look. We were impressed. It was good quality produce at a very reasonable price. Carrots are huge and very clean. I bought some potatoes that needed cleaning but once I scrubbed them they were ready to steam. Asperagus is one of our favorites and it was half the price that the grocery store charged. And tomatoes...oh my goodness. Like eating candy. We will be sure to go back for more of those. Pineapple is so plentiful here so we grabbed a good size one. Since it is on the way home we will stop there again. And there was fresh fish, shrimp and meat of various kinds. Usually pork.

Today Sunday we attended the Morong Branch services. Again it was all inspiring and they have a great spirit about them. Sunday school and Relief Society has very good discussions. Our branch president attends Sunday School with us. That is so nice to see. Sometimes you don't see the Bishop in Sunday School. Anyway President Albalante made valuable contributions to the Sunday School class. Our drive home is about 45 minutes to an hour depending on traffic. I will try to take pictures next week.