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16 July 2023 Week #42: Moving Forward and Helping People!
Dear Family and Friends, Week #42 7/10-7/16 On Monday we presented our Sibunag Fire Station proposal to the Humanitarian Committee. It went well. The fire station wants a motorcycle and a chainsaw so they can get down trails where cars can’t go. They have responded to a few of these where they have gone on foot. If they had a motorcycle, they could have gotten there faster. They also want a 20” chainsaw to carry on the bike for cutting down limbs. We didn’t know if this would fly with the committee or not. It did! The people at the fire station work 7 days for 24 hours. Then they have the next week off. They live in a hot room, so we asked for a window air conditioner and a ceiling fan. Spent the remainder of the day working on computers, on past projects, present projects, and future projects. It is like doing a research paper that will never end. They do end, but it is a lot of gathering information, developing it, and then narrowing it down for the presentations. We finally...
9 July 2023 Week #41: Garcia Hernandez Turnover
Dear Family and Friends, Week #41 7/3-7/9 Monday was the typical meeting morning and a day in the office. However, before we went to the office Clyda called her mother and had a great visit. June is doing well. We are so grateful for Clyda’s sisters that take such great care of her. She doesn’t need a lot of care, just someone always present. She is really pretty healthy. It was a fun visit for Clyda. When we first came out on our mission Clyda was worried that she might not see her mother again on Earth. However, as we get further along on this mission, and with this good visit, Clyda is now pretty optimistic that she will see and enjoy her mother some more here on Earth. One of our first things to do when we get home will be to make a trip to Alaska. We often talk and reflect on the wonderful homes we grew up in with incredible parents and siblings. We must have done something right in the pre-existence to be so blessed to have been sent to our families. As Carol would say, “...
2 July 2023 Week #40: Shelter Box and Visayas Disaster Resource Center
Dear Family and Friends, Week #40 6/26-7/2 This past Tuesday we picked up Jairus, Kenneth, and Abe at the Quest Motel at 7:30 a.m. We headed to a place called Shelter Box. It is an amazingly helpful NGO that helps in times of emergencies. Check out their website. They have supplies stored in a big warehouse in Mandaue. When disaster strikes they are ready to help. The church in the U.S. is ready to help. Here in the Philippines, we are not. We help, but it isn’t very good. Shelter Box is ready to help immediately. They don’t help without evaluating the situation, the need, and who else is helping. They have packs with supplies in them. Different packs contain different supplies and even different amounts of supplies. They all have a shovel, a hoe, a hammer/pick, a saw, a fine rope, and a heavy rope, three different types of nails, a roll of wire, measuring tape, wire cutters, two curved needles, two sturdy tarps that are one tarp that can be cut into two depending on each si...
Our Experience with Providing Tres Reyes with Solar Power
Tres Reyes Solar Power Project July 1, 2023 Our experience with providing Tres Reyes Elementary School on an island with solar power was a wonderful adventure with the hand of the Lord involved in big ways. Tres Reyes is about a 30–45-minute ride on a small 6 passenger fishing boat from Ubay. The time varies depending on the weather and the wind. That influences which port you can leave from in Ubay. You don’t want to have strong winds going cross ways with your boat. When we first went there it was a 45-minute rainy ride into a pretty good wind. Coming home later that day was less than 30 minutes with the wind at our back. This is an island that has never had electricity. The students sit in dark rooms on cloudy days and real hot rooms on sunny days. The teachers must prepare all lessons at home in the evenings and print out materials to take to class the next day. That leaves them very little time for their families. Elder Randy and Sister Julie Huskinson were the missionary cou...