Flowers and misc.

It has been awhile since we updated our blog but we are still in Cebu serving in the temple and keeping very busy.  There are times in the temple because of lack of workers that the missionaries, especially the sisters, go in to help in addition to their assigned shift.  Both of us have also been given additional responsibilities in the temple which take more time but we love serving.

On Mothers Day brother Dyard, the one Kim baptized, received the Melchizedek Priesthood and was ordained an Elder. This was also the Cebu City Stake conference.

The community CR project has been completed and the facility was turned over to the City of Cebu. The mayor of Cebu came and accepted the project from the Cebu Stake President with talks, flower arrangements and a ribbon cutting ceremony.  It was interesting to see the progress on many of the homes but there were still lots of "tents" still set up as temporary homes.

There are two new missionary couples who started serving at the temple.  Elder and Sister Decker are from Arizona and Elder and Sister Lewis are from Idaho.  As part of their orientation to the Philippines they were shown some of the sights by taking them to Moalboal to go snorkeling.  We felt obligated to go along and help point out some of the unique aspects of life in the Philippines.  We weren't able to show them any sea turtles but plenty of beautiful fish, coral and even a sea snake.

Since it is spring in Utah we decided to show you some of the flowers that we see regularly here in Cebu.  Some are located on the temple grounds and others were seen out walking.  Many trees have flowers and some are in bloom all of the time.  We don't know the names of the flowers but if you are at the Manti Temple Ken Lindsay can probably tell you what they are.