Hello!
Last week some of the Senior Sister Missionaries went to visit a Purple Center - the school that a wrote about several months ago where some of the children from the poorest place in Manila can attend. We also visited the neighborhood where the children live. I am including a few pictures from our walk through the neighborhood (more photos on Facebook). One Sister took the pictures for the group of us so the photos aren't mine, thanks go to Sister Teri McIver for sharing her view of what we saw. My respect for these beautiful people has grown. They work so hard to live yet they smile and most don't appear to waste their efforts feeling sorry for themselves or feeling entitled. I admire their ability to survive and keep going.
The Seniors went on an outing to Corregidor on Saturday. It is an island in the mouth of Manila Bay that has been used to defend the Bay from intruders. The island is the biggest in the mouth of the Bay. After the U.S. helped the Filippinos gain their independence from Spain, the U. S. established 4 military bases on the scattered islands at the mouth of the Bay. The Japanese took the island during the early part of 1942. McArthur was ordered to leave the island several times before he finally left but he returned to re-take the island in 1945. I'm sending pictures of the island, a bombed barraks and a memorial to those who gave their lives there.
We continue to learn and our responsibilities better and some things have changed. I (Sister Tucker) have officially been asked to serve in the Dental Clinic at the MTC. I have been volunteering there for a few months. The two sisters in the front office are finishing their missions soon so they needed someone to Take their place. . A sister who just arrived and I will fill those positions. Elder Tucker will continue to work in ICS full time. I will join him for part of each day in that office and we will travel together. There really isn't enough to do in ICS for two people, maybe one and a half so I felt I should find something to do to serve more fully and Dental will be a good fit.
We've decided to make a better effort at posting pictures on Facebook so I will include a few of the same pictures in my letters that I put on Facebook. If you would rather just follow on Facebook and not get emails, just let me know or put in a friend request on Facebook if you would like to see more pictures, less words.
With all the people in all the nations there are in the world, we often hear stories of miracles in every place. We don’t know how it is done, but we know God watches over all His children everywhere as Ammon proclaims in Alma 26:37 ;”Now my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may be in; yea, he numbereth his people, and his bowels of mercy are over all the earth. Now this is my joy, and my great thanksgiving; yea, and I will give thanks unto my God forever.” We are grateful for our Father’s loving care for each of you, our family and friends. We are grateful for your prayers and we keep you in ours.
Love,
The Tuckers
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