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| Dingalan Bay - on the east side of our mission |
Friday March 2, 2012
Our Couple's Retreat in pictures. For more details go back to my previous post 4-1-2012
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| Senior couples with Sister Garcia and Grannie Annie. It started to rain so we all bought and umbrella to stay dry . . . and it helped protect us from the sun. |
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| Sister & Elder Jewkes |
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| Sisters Bowcutt, Martino, Roberts and Jewkes on the boat dock |
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| Patti and me on the boat dock |
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| The boat that would sail us to the less-active family |
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| President & Sister Martino |
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| Looking up the hill from the beach to the home of the less-active family |
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| Looking towards the beach from the home of the less-active family |
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| A boat they are building on the side of their home |
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| The children in the door way of their home |
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| President & Sister Martino with the Branch President - He came along to invite the family to come back to church |
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| Patti enjoyed the kids and they loved her |
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| Looking into the home from the doorway. Notice the cement floor |
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| The families that live here - there are actually 3 families in all - the parents and their adult children and families. Several of these family members have been to church since our visit! |
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| Elder & Sister Bowcutt. They arranged all of our trip. |
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| Using a machete to cut open a young coconut |
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| The father giving President Martino with his coconut |
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| Drinking the coconut milk right from the coconut |
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| Sister Martino taking her turn |
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| Elder Jewkes drinking the coconut milk with the president watching |
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| Patti's turn |
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| Pouring the milk into a pictures so they can pour it into glasses for us to drink |
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| The children enjoying the cookies that we brought for the family |
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| Elder Jewkes and President Martino getting ready for our voyage back to the dock. |
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| Granny Annie in the blue with her daughter who made our lunch |
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| Enjoying a Filipino lunch ~ Elder & Sister Bowcutt, Patti, Sister Roberts and Sister Garcia |
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| The huts where we ate our lunch |
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| Walking through the jungle to meet another less-active family |
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| Sister Martino, President Martino, Elder Bowcutt, Patti and Elder Jewkes |
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| This is the home that this family lived in before the termites ate it! |
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| Patti found a place to relax for a few minutes |
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| Elder & Sister Bowcutt with the father and mother in front of the home they now live in. (They have been to church since our visit) |
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| The husband showing us how they open the coconuts |
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| This is the tool he uses to open the coconuts |
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| Elder Jewkes trying his hand at opening a coconut |
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| This is a member who went with us to visit the family in the jungle. He was showing us how to climb the coconut tree. |
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| Elder Jewkes didn't get very far |
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| Sister Martino climbing the coconut tree |
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| Sister Martino started her climb up and was rescued by the President |
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| Patti with these cute kids |
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| Orchids were growing everywhere! |
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| A less-active member with her week old baby |
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| Elder Jewkes with the water pump they use to get water for their house |
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| Getting ready to leave these wonderful families |
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| More Orchids - aren't they beautiful! |
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| Our picnic dinner at the resort ~ Elder & Sister Bowcutt, Sister & Elder Roberts, President Martino and Elder Jewkes |
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| Levy Lance Resort where we spent the night - looking at room from across the swimming pool |
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| Elder Roberts in front of the rooms where we stayed |
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| Some of the people who attended the Friday evening member devotional in Gabaldon |
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