We stayed in Manila all week so we don't have news from more far away places. Most of our office has been working very hard preparing for the coming celebration of the creation of the 100th stake in the Philippines. They are responsible for all the broadcasts to other buildings that will be happening during the week that our visiting general authorities will be here. There will be several meetings and devotionals but I'll tell you about them next week. I think for security purposes we aren't supposed to share all we know - besides, by next week, I'll be able to include pictures.
Last Saturday Kent and 2 other senior missionaries found a place to play a round of golf. It was a holiday weekend so the golf course was packed - 3 1/2 hours to play 9 holes! They had fun even though their clubs were made for Philipinos who are generally much shorter than Americans. And now they have a story to tell about their first round of golf in the Philippines. :)
One fun thing that we did this week was to attend the MTC Christmas Tree lighting on Wednesday. It was a day when almost all the missionaries in the MTC had gone to their missions and they were preparing for the next group to come in on Friday. We always enjoy opportunities to get together with the other senior missionaries so it was good. We even sang a few Christmas songs to kick off the season. Christmas decorations are showing up in more stores now and we think it's so cute that they decorate with snowmen even though it doesn't snow here.
It was Kent's birthday this week. I made a cake to share with our office-mates It was fun to hear them sing Happy Birthday with a Philippine accent - it is really sweet. We enjoyed having cake with them and they gave Kent the traditional empty box (an office joke) for his birthday. After work, some other couples joined us for dinner at a place that serves very delicious hamburgers and good fries - two of Kent's favorites (generally beef in the Philippines doesn't taste like beef we are used to eating but this hamburger is delicious - and from Australia).
I'm including a picture of one aisle in the a grocery store here. We generally have more choices of most thing, in U.S grocery stores. This is a picture of the noodle aisle. Their noodles are like our packs of ramen but there are different ways to cook them. I had no idea there even could be that many choices of ramen noodles nor that you could cook them in different ways. I guess I'll have to find out how to cook each kind and see if they taste different too.
This past week we have seen beautiful answers to prayers - not just our prayers but many prayers in behalf of a dear family member. We know those answers came from a loving Heavenly Father who loves us always. We also join with so many in praying for those suffering the effects of disasters happening. Galatians 1:3 "Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,"
With Love,
The Tuckers
This past week anothre senior missionary had a birthday and his wife invited the rest of us to come bowling. One sister came but took pictures instead of bowling. We thought you would like these...
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