Elder and Sister Roberts: 2nd Week in Calasaio Philippines with Pictures!

Hello Everyone!

We had fun with those who we were able to figure out how to Skype and Google Chat with , on our early morning and your later evening. During the rest of our p-day we washed clothes, went to Urdaneta City to see Pres and Sis. Monahan. They gave us a Coleman cooler to keep our food and ice water drinks cold. They also said there was an extra toaster oven available, which we felt very blessed to receive! Then we went shopping with Sis. Monahan, bought mangos (in season now,) bread from a bakery and Buko Pie, made from layered coconut and pineapple jell-like layers. Very good.

Elder Roberts said those driving in the dark, without lights on is so very dangerous, for them and us, all of us say our prayers before we all drive, light or dark.

The people, some inactive we visited were all kind, all got a chair from the neighbor, if they had 1 or none. All were kind, anyone anywhere shakes our hands, all smile.

Here is part of email I sent to my mother. sorry if I already wrote this to you, I'm tired and I forgot....

We are doing great... We have a very nice apt. in Calasiao town in Pangasinan area. Its said Cala-shou like shower. There is a large in ceiling thing over our bed, a very thick carved gold-plated round frame molding, very fancy, with a flower picture that reminds Dennis of the Vatican,,,. I think it looks like the England or Swedish castle ceilings or the SL Temple Celestial room ceiling.
Our apt is on a raised up parking lot,,, good if it floods in the area.
We are healthy, whew staying safe on these crazy driving roads. There is not much of doing great hairstyles in this humidity.
We are assigned out of our area to the Mangaldan town Branches in Pangasinan area of the Philippines. We have visited 18 inactive families last week, some in very, very humble circumstances, its amazing they stay alive, but jobs of street laying, rice picking and spreading, store associates are always asked for hire everywhere. Some families are well- off, but the neighborhoods they live in are still run-down. And the well-off people do not have things as nice as us in the US.
Shopping is an experience. I'm getting used to it. We now have enough food for 2 weeks. The potatoes are tiny, Carrots are huge, celery is bitter, hamburger and chicken is good, Milk is eh a little better than evap milk. There are no baking pans in the grocery stores, only dept stores - like a Sears. I bought a pie plate and 2 bread pans. Except for Sr Couples and Mission leaders, NO one has an oven - so it would be difficult to teach it in RS. No one has a sewing machine,,,, except the Mission Home.

The children are sooo cute! Big eyes, like on the King and I movie. Some have been taught to bow their heads to your hands aww. They all seem to love their families, many big families of 8 children. They all love to have and pray to have children. So different it seems than Sweden - with less people in cities and streets. These trycycles carry the people anywhere, so cheap= anyone can get around, no excuse to come to church, but many we visited did not.

We think we saw Bruce Dickamore's son and wife on the Temple film in Provo. Very handsome couple. Good actors. In Manilla, we did sealings,,,, before we came to our area, Calasiao about 5 hours away.

Technically, we live in Eagles nest apt compound on I think Mc Aurthur Rd.

You can send letters to us through POUCH which is a service through the Church and you only have to use 1 US stamp to send it.

Sorry, I can't look up the address right now, look on lds.org or Google instructions of POUCH.

And you can send mail (more expensively, putting in a picture, gum etc) to:

Elder Dennis and Sister Beth Ann Roberts

PO Box 7

Brgy San Vicente East

Urdaneta City 2424 Pangasinan

Philippines

Packages are sent to: (make sure on cost ..I think Priority gives us big fees to collect.)..

Elder Dennis and Sister Beth Ann Roberts

Philippines Urdaneta Mission

LDS Chapel Provincial Road