Spent the first two hours of the workday trying to find out our actual parking space number. This, apparently, is par for the course in the Philippines. We finally rolled out at 10:15, and the other car was still parked in our spot.

          We visited four missionary apartments, just us and our (somewhat trusty) GPS! It is so fun to meet these wonderful young missionaries, especially when they are all doing exactly as they should be and are working hard, living in these postage stamp sized apartments that are at least in the 90s. Today we saw two elders' apartments (8 missionaries) and two sisters' (also eight.) We had to ask for help on the street for all of them, but with the way Philippine addresses go, that was not a count against us. The streets wind around in circles, don't always have street signs, and often don't have numbers, either. The Hiatts have been working very hard to get each apartment on the map, so that it can be found, but I think we can still improve on it a little. And, Elder only sideswiped one parked motorcycle!

          When we returned home, the other van was gone!! Yay!! Hopefully, we have now staked out our parking spot.

          We were talking yesterday with some of the other missionaries.  The Thelers went to China a year or two ago, not officially as missionaries, but as English teachers. they were forbidden from talking about the church at all. The Paines have served two other missions, one in South Africa and one in Scotland. They were talking about Magnum bars.  We had never heard of them, but they are premium ice cream bars found all over the world in the same quality. We began talking about "ice cream kind of days." Sister Theler told how there was no one else in China who had been there any longer than they had.  It took them months to figure out the best places to shop, and none of the signage was in English.  She said she found Magnum bars there, and ate a lot of them the first several months!  Then President Hiatt commented that they ate quite a few when they first got here. So, Elder Paine walked us down to the 7-11 (yes, they're all over) and treated us to our first Magnum bars. They are, indeed, quite good.

          So, to continue the comfort theme, after dinner (delicious hamburgers) tonight, I made my first brownies.  The only problem was that I thought I'd brought vanilla, so didn't buy any.  So, we had almond brownies--not a bad substitute! We also popped popcorn and watched "Roman Holiday," so had a very nice and traditional Friday night.