Hello! It's hard to believe it's February already!
We've had some great experiences the past week. We were in Laoag for two days for training and got to see a dear friend, Elder Luke Anderson, who is serving in the Laoag mission and just happened to be within driving distance from where we had our meeting. The Facilities Manager was kind enough to arrange a meeting and we were able to meet with him and his companion for a little bit. It was so sweet to talk to him, to see that he still has that glow that is around a missionary who has fully given himself to the work of the Lord. I have included a picture of Elder Anderson and his companion. I've also included a picture of a basketball hoop. There is a place to play basketball in every city, town and village here. This one is in the church parking lot.
We happened to be in Bagio for the opening parade of their month long Flower Festival. It was a really fun parade. Most of the participants were children. The costumes were fun and each group had a small group of musicians with them and their instruments were lyres (looks like xylophones) and drums. Adults dressed in black pushed the cart things that held the lyres and the children marched along and played. Baguio is a beautiful city in the mountains with fresh air and pine tress. There are lots of buildings but also lots of trees. The parade and Baguio are our next 4 pictures.
Our final trip for the week was a short one to Tarlac which is a little more than 2 hours away. We had training there and came home the same day.
On Friday night we were home and able to go see "The Greatest Showman". We loved it! What a treat to see a movie that has morals and values, great music and dancing, and let us walk away happy and uplifted.
For our last picture, I just wanted to share with you a picture of the most amazing dessert we found. We buy it at a Korean dessert place called Hobing. It is a light dessert made out of milk that is like shaved ice only milk, and fresh strawberries with whipped cream on top. They have other flavors but so far, strawberry is our favorite.
We close with a scripture from Alma 32:37; "And behold, as the tree beginneth to grow we will say; Let us nourish it with great care, that it may get root, that it may grow up, and bring forth fruit unto us. And now behold, if ye nourish it with much care it will get root, and grow up, and bring forth fruit." It is so easy to get casual in or distracted from nourishing the gospel 'tree' within and this scripture reminds us that if the tree is going to grow, it must be nourished with "great care". All the care is what will bring forth the fruit. When studying the scriptures, there are so many gentle reminders from the Spirit about how to take better care of the gospel seed that grows in our hearts.
All our best to you,
Love,
The Tuckers
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