A photo of our Fairview Zone taken on November 24, 2017.

We had a zone temple trip on November 22, 2017.  While we were there, we saw Elder Shayne Bowen, the Area President and one of his counsellors, Elder Evan Schmutz (with whom we took a photo).

This is the jeepney that our zone rode in to and from the temple.  It''s name is
"Ghost Fighter" which I felt was rather inappropriate for the temple grounds.

These are pictures from a Relief Society Culminating Activity on November, 25.  I had to figure out what was culminating and decided it's just the end of the RS activities for the year.

We put up Christmas decorations in our apartment.  We managed to hold out until November 23 to do it..  It was hard because since September we've seen Christmas decorations all around us.

In our efforts to clean up  the CMIS's of the stake we have found that we need to find some of the people on the list to asssure that they are still living in the ward. Many members have helped us in this effort.  This is a picture of Farrah Mausisa (l) and Maurine Bul-an (r), YW from Don Antonio Ward. 

This is Brother and Sister Sabio with Shemaine Tuble (r) and Gemma Aquebay(l) and us, taken on November 25, 2017.  Brother Sabio was less active and was visited during the blitz on September 23 and now comes out to church.

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Our apartment complex, the Redwoods, has cages on the roof where the laundry equipment is located.  We pay for the water and electricity which we use in our cage. First we use the agitator on the left, then drain the wash water and fill the tub with rinse water and agitate again: then put the laundry in the right side where it spins. After we spin it, we hang it up to dry.  It is very hot up there.  No breeze can be felt and we usually go back down to our apartment dripping with sweat afterwards.

Luke and Rae had a baby on November 19, 2017.  At this point they haven't chosen a name.  He weighed 8lb 2 oz and was 21" long.

November 18, 2017 there was a blitz in Lagro ward, one of the wards in Fairview Stake.  This is a photo of all those who participated (except us).

This photo is the group that Ken worked with.  Elder Cuenza is on the left, Brother Fritz Bulano (counselor in the bishopric) is wearing the white glasses and Brother Duncan Domagsang (YM president)  is standing behind the dog. The lady, Sister Dory, is a less active member of the Lagro ward.

We had a disaster with our computer.  It refused to work anymore after we spilled a cup of pop on it.  It was so temperamental!  This is our new laptop.

November 20, 2017.  This is our "hump day".  Today we are halfway through our mission.  This is a photo of our celebratory meal. Ken is learning how to take selfies so it's rather blurry.

This is a video of the local traffic.

These are two people who have helped us in finding members who are on the Don Antonio Ward list.  When we started there were over three hundred to find and now we have twenty left.

This is Brother Mausisa:

This is Brother Ruiz:

Here are some more photos of interesting electrical wiring.

Along Commonwealth Avenue:

Close to Elder Ronda and Elder Batilong's apartment:

On Sampaguita Street:

On Saturday November 4, 2017 we had a blitz in Batasan 1st and Fairview wards.  there were about 60 members who came to help.  The most exciting thing to see is how the members realize that they enjoy working with the missionaries. They have helped out the missionaries and the ward by finding less-actives and making new contacts.  They come back to the lunch with a gleam in their eyes and excitement because they've been so productive.

This is a photo of the High Priest Group Leader from Batasan 1st ward, Brother Diaz and his daughter, Jessica.  Ken worked with them in finding four people on the less-active list.  The lady in the hat, Prima, was a lady that they talked to on the street and asked for directions to the first person.  She basically took over and led them consecutively to the houses of all four people on their list.

This is the picture that Luke sent us of Phoebe on Hallowe'en - dressed like a pirate.