Squeezed in. Now can I come out? He did.

This is the family vehicle.

Taking a break between meetings to have some buko juice.(fresh coconut juice)

Another beautiful view.

Ready to go to conference.

Our hotel was right on the beach.

This is the beautiful view from the back of the chapel on Marinduque

Yeah! we did get on for a three hour ride back home.

Once we docked in Lucene, it took us another two hours to drive to the mission home and then we drove our car home for another hour. We did get home by eleven o'clock.

We were here for two days doing the district conference.

The boast going back on Sunday afternoon was very full. The elders were waiting in line and praying that we could get on the boat. All the big overloaded trucks got to go on first because they collect more money from them.

Many little island like this dot the coast of Marinduqie.

The other jeepney getting ready to leave.

Elder Ganir taught this brother how to count attendance at a meeting.

He used to do it by writing everyone's name down.

Elder Ganir trained about the importance of Branch Council.

I drew this picture as Elder Ganir talked. He used a truck and wagon as his example.
The branch presidency were in the front seat and the president was the driver.
The rest of the branch council was in the back off the truck. The Elder's Quorum were the tires because they are the work horses.
The branch council pulls the wagon with all the branch members in it.
The wagon can go nowhere without the truck. The worth of souls is great in the sight of God. D&C 18:10 Even that little guy hanging on for dear life at the back of the wagon, speaking metaphorically and in reality over here.

Most people on the beautiful island of Marinduquie come and go to training meetings like this.

Brooms For Sale!

Gotcha!

I actually quickly took this picture from my car window as we were driving. I can't believe I got it. This picture is something we see many times a day. This one is actually the best I've seen because the parents are wearing helmets and so is the little girl in front. We never see a family with helmets. We saw a family of five on an old peddle bicycle crossing a very busy four lane road, in the dark of night. They had dark clothes on and of course no lights. It terrified us! They made it across, we think. There is absolutely no concept of vehicle or pedestrian safety here. Like I said, the picture above is the safest I've seen and it too is not really safe.

OOPS!!!

We came behind this truck that was carrying hundreds of bags of rice or feed. As it made the turn, it rolled. Another truck came to reload the bags onto another truck. Everything over here is so OVER loaded. It causes accidents like this all the time.

Bro. Castro's bike.

Brother Castro had Polio as a child. He walks difficultly with crutches. He is a member of Calaca Branch presidency. He invited us to lunch. It was his birthday. He rides this bike everywhere in Calaca. I'm not sure how he can ride a bike, because he can not walk, but he does and he loves it.

Another picture of the Lopez family's beautiful home.

We went back a week later to take a baby gift to Sister Lopez.

We used our newly constructed set of stairs to come down to her house. The stairs are crude and the rail is wobbly, but we came down and went back up again. We could not have done that before the stairs were built.