Goodbye Philippines

Our time in the Philippines has come to an end. I am kind of surprised how enjoyable it was because it was not easy in the beginning. I am happy to say that if I had to I could live there. We made a lot of good friends and will miss them very much. Everyone we met was so good there and we would have gotten through this experience with out them.

Lyndon's co-workers threw us a couple of goodbye and birthday parties before we left. Everyone was sad that we were leaving before Cosette's birthday so they wanted to celebrate it early.


The Public Affairs office threw us a fun going away lunch.


We ate traditional Filipino food at the snack attack Lyndon's co-workers in the finance office gave us. Above is pancit which is rice noodles topped with a stir fry vegetables, meat, and eggs. Below is another pancit dish and lumpia which is an egg roll type food. Cosette loved the lumpia. She saw us dipping ours in a sauce and decided that is what she wanted to do with hers. I guess she liked it because she kept dippin it in.





Our fun birthday sign and balloons for me, Cosette, and the other July birthdays.


Cosette enjoyed her ice cream cake from Dairy Queen.


Us with some of Lyndon's co-workers in finance.

The Manila, Philppines Temple is across the street from the Church office buildings so we went over and took some fun pictures.








We are now headed to Japan for a couple of weeks before we head back the United States.


Goodbye Philippines! We will miss you.


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