This is the front room of our apartment as it looked when we first walked in.  Out of sight on the right is a big water cooler. The wall the Savior is on is sheetrock; all the rest are concrete. Somewhat hard to drive nails into!
                                         

    This is after a trip to the store for some lamps, pillows, picture frames, tablecloth and placemats, etc.

 Elder Northrup taking a call at his desk in the little office beyond the living room.

                                                  The view from the end of our hallway.

 A view more straight down from the side of our floor; you can begin to see the great disparity that exists here.

 This is standing right outside our apartment door (there on the left) and looking toward the elevators.  We are on the 17th floor, and lucky to be on this one.

                          This is off to the right of the photo above, and shows a little sitting alcove.

And here is the view from that alcove. At the left is a basketball court on top of the parking garage. There are two pools below, which as Senior Missionaries, we have no prohibitions against.

                                            A beautiful sunset from the same vantage point.

 This one was taken from the other end of our floor.  At the bottom of the picture is the Pasig River, which runs right beside our residence.

 Another view down below, where you can see what basically middle-class Filipinos live like.

 This is the view from our bedroom window. The curving road is Makati Avenue, which we take in to the mission office.

   

                                       A close-up of some of our neighbors across the river.We are probably looking at five or six families' residences.

 Our more decorated room.  The washer, dryer, microwave, and a/c were added by the mission. Those are family pictures surrounding the CR door.  Stands for comfort room.

 This is our galley kitchen--where's Giovanna when I need her? There are no drawers in the kitchen! Notice two clocks? One is Manila time, one is Mountain Daylight.

                                               Our bedroom. I think the angles are pretty.

                The other side.  The wardrobes, and all the furniture, are supplied by the mission.

          So, now you have a bit of a visual of where we are.  I took pictures of the chapel today, and will try to post them tomorrow.