Hello!
We have been spending most of our time working in the office the past couple of weeks so there really aren't any adventures to share with our service. There are always tender mercies that let us know who is in charge of all the work that we do. Pathway Connect starts next week and we are looking forward to watching the students learn and grow and become friends.
Two Saturdays ago we went with the Senior missionaries on an outing to Ta'al. Ta'all is a volcano. There is a lake inside one volcano and another volcano inside the lake. The inside volcano also is filled with water so there is another lake. The water in the smaller volcano is too hot to swim in so there must be some kind of activity below the surface. The lake in the big volcano is 2000 feet deep at its deepest point. There is an amazing view from the top! (Pictures)
Typhoon Margkhut come through the Philippines in the early morning hours on Saturday. The worst of the storm was predicted to go through the center of Luzon but veered north so just caught the northern end of the island. Manila was on the outer edge of the storm. Even though we weren't in the center, the rain poured and the wind blew so hard that it woke us up. I am glad we live in a big apartment building. I couldn't help thinking about and praying for the people who live in makeshift homes - the rain and the wind had to wreck havoc with them.
A few days before the storm was supposed to hit, the big signs on the billboards were rolled up and secured in the middle of the billboard structures. It seemed a little eerie to see none of the usual huge signs along the roads and so few cars. (pictures)
Elder Tucker and I were supposed to fly to Butuan, a city on the island of Mindinao, to do some training on Friday. Because of the storm warning, our department manager advised us not to go so we postponed the training and will go in November instead. We are grateful that our manager,Venna, watches out for us. We are so unfamiliar with the weather here and how it affects the country. The storm wasn't going to effect Butuan but flying in and out of Manila was going to be a problem. Flying in a storm is not on any of my lists of things I want to do.
We have loved reading and listening to the "Saints The Standard of Truth" book that the church has given to all of us. Having it on the Gospel Library App has allowed all of us to read it as soon as it was released. From Salt Lake City to Manila and beyond we all have access to this new treasure. Writing and research in this book is excellent. The church truly has provided us all with a book as described in D&C 88:118;"And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek leaning even by study and also by faith."
Enjoy the lovely fall weather!
Love,
The Tuckers
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