June-Standard of Excellence p.4

Jeopardy

Gunny Sack Race

Three Legged Race

June-Mission Standard of Excellence cont.

Wheel Barrow Race and Egg on a Spoon Race

Tug-O-War

President Querido, "Let the games begin!"

For Those who cheated at the games......SHAVING CREAM!!!
Elder Taylor, ElderYardley AP, Elder Fepelae'i.

March Olongapo District Conference and May Three Zone Standard of Excellence Activity

Olongapo District Conference in March
From left: President Banzon (1st counselor in the Mission presidency, Banzon daughter, Sister Banzon ), Elder and Sister Gorringe, President Querido (Mission President, daughter Pia, and Sister Querido), Sister and Elder Echo Hawk (in the Philippines Area Preidecy), Sister and Elder Magrata, 2nd counselor in the mission predidency.

That's how you eat a mango during mango season.
You peel it with your fingers and let the juice run down your arms. Take on bite and it's all over your face. Yum!

Celebrating our birthday.
The 4 missionaries behind us had birthdays in May too

Sister Sirrine is from the same ward as Jan and Karen.

Elder Gorringe is the Ooga Booga Chief.
Have any of you played it?
Wait until we get home.

Fun on the beach

Even though it's on the beach, the Missionaries can't get in the water.

Three Zone Standard of Excellence Activity

Three district Standard of Excellence Activity
Standard of Excellece is the Zone got 2 baptisms and 2 less active returned per companionship in one month.

More of Corregidor March, 2014

The six of us on our way to Corregador Island from Cabcaben. It was about a half hour ride.
Elder and Sister Doyle, Senior Missionaries. Brother and Sister Wright, friends who live in San Marcelino. They became Church Service Senior Missionaries in May. Elder and Sister Gorringe.

The crew was pumping water out as fast as it was coming into the boat.

Nurses on Corregidor

Barracks

Malinta Tunnel on Corregidor Island. The U.S. built the tunnel after World War 1. The Island was to protect Manila, Philippines. The tunnel was a bomb shelter that was used as a hide out for the U.S. and Filippinos after the Japanese captured the Island.

A Japanese bone inside the tunnel.

One of the lateral tunnels inside Malinta Tunnel. The Japanese blew themselves up inside the tunnel so the U.S. could not use it again.

Mock up of the hospital inside Malinta Hospital.

Another mock up of an office inside Malinta Tunnel.

In the Malinta Tunnel on Corregidor. A mock up of what went on in the tunnel when the Japanese had captured the Island. The tunnel was a bomb shelter. The U.S. lived in this tunnel until the Japanese found them.

Corregidor, Elder and siter White, baptisms

The Cornel family just before their baptism. They can hardly wait to be sealed in the temple and to do the temple work for his brother who just died. We are hoping to go with them to the temple.

Baptism in the ocean in Mabayo.

Elder and Sister White, a new  couple missionary we picked up at the Manila Temple. They are most recently from Springville, but raised their family in Bend, Oregon. We need more couple missionaries. Come join us!

We took an over night trip to this tadpole shaped Corregidor Island. The U.S. used the island to protect Manila after WW1. There were many guns, batteries with ammuniton, a 100 bed hospital, and a huge bomb shelter. Most of the guns were never used. The Japanese took over the island. The U.S. and Filipinos hid in the bomb shelter many days until the Japanese found them. The U. S. and Filipinos were boated to Mariveles where the Bataan Death March started.

The six of us at Corregidor by one of the big guns.
Elder and Sister Doyle, a couple missionary; Brother and Sister Wright, now Elder and Sister Wright. They just became Church Service Missionaries here. They live in San Marcelino; That's us:)

When the Japanese discovered the U.S. and Filipinos in the tunnel, they boated them to Mariveles where the "Bataan Death March" started. They went back in the tunnel and suicide bombed it so the U.S. could never use it again.

An office similar to tone used in the Corregidor tunnel.

A huge tunnel the U.S. built on Corregidor. It's a bomb shelter. The U.S. lived in this tunnel when the Island was taken over by the Japanese. There was a hospital, kitchen, offices, dorms, recreational areas, etc.
The couple to the right are Elder and Sister Doyle, senior missionaries.

Ruins of the hospital the U.S. built after WW1. We walked on these ruins. Only in the Philippines.

Large gun on Corregidor Island. It was fired once and accidently hit the town of Mariveles.

February Iba Activity

Sister Doyle and yours truely

Sister Querido with Elder Bautista and Elder Empase.They are both Zone Leaders. Elder Empase went back to the Tacloban Mission (where the disaster happened) shortly after this activity

This is how lunch was fixed. Rice in the pot,of course, and chicken on the grill. Sister Querido did most of the cooking.

Elder Fonessbeck and Elder Cosman, the Assistants to the President, being goofy with our dinner.

Standard of Excellence Activity in Iba. Standard of Excellence is when the Zone achieves as many baptisms and Less Active Returned as there are missionaries in the Zone or two per companionship in a month.

This is a two Zone activity. Elder and Sister Gorringe front second left. Sister Querido and President next, Elder and Sister Doyle from Enterprise. Awesome missionaries.

The fish we had for lunch. It was cooked on the grill that you see above. Delish!!! The Filippinos cook fish with it's head on. They would probably put the head in soup for flavoring.

The activity was held at a beach resort in Iba. The resort was freebecause it was owned by a member, however I think President gave them some money. It was run down, but the missionaries still had fun playing beach vollyball, fribee and other beach games.

Only in the Philippines!!!
We're taking the missionaries home after the activity. At least their sitting down. Elder Fonnesbeck, right, went home in February. He was engaged the same week he went home.

San Marcelino Baptism

Sister Querido chose to go to the Camayan for her birthday. It's a resort where
you can snorkel, swim, kayak, eat at a restraurant, and it is a motel.
First couple-Elder and Sister Levin from Meridian, Idaho
Elder and Sister Doyle from Enterprise
Back right couple- Sister and President Querido
Bottom right couple- Elder and Sister Gorringe. That's us!!

The Camayan Beach.
We went snorkeling with Elder and Sister Doyle. We had bread and the fish ate out of our hands.

President and Sister Querido and me

The Tacloban Missionaries with their companions before they went back to the Tacloban Mission. Sister Querido, top left, is the mission president's wife.

5 of the Tacloban Missionaries going back to Tacloban
Sister Delphin is from Guam. She had 11 baptisms from November to January while shwe was in our mission. Sister Monilar is from the Philippines. She was our neighbor for a while. She added a spark to the Calapacuan Branch. Elder Salvador and Elder Mata from the Philippines have interesting stories to tell about the Tacloban disaster, but their life was not in danger. Sister Schaap is from California but her family now lives in Highland, Utah. She's the one who punched a hole near the ceiling of their house so the 10 Sisters could get out before the house was completely filled with water. They sat on top of the roof for a few hours.

San Marcelino Baptism. They have awesome branch support.