We are nearly through with another transfer. We hope to visit our remaining seven apartments tomorrow and Friday, because next week is transfer week when it is very hard to visit. We are teaching them about the Word of Wisdom this transfer, specifically the part about eating meat sparingly and eating fruits and vegetables of every kind in their season. There is pretty much no excuse over here, as there is no winter and not famine here in this area, and the fruits and vegetables are abundant. We had a very nice Relief Society meeting on Saturday, where some of the seasoned expats taught us how to use many of the unfamiliar vegetables and fruits. For supper tonight, we tried sauteed garlic, onion, carrots and sayote, a funny green, pear-shaped vegetable, and garnished with malunggay, a tiny-leaved green plant that is a wonder food. It was quite tasty!
We are in the heart of the rainy season now, which means a rain almost every day, sometimes a shower and sometimes a downpour. I am still enough of a SE Colorado girl that I like to go watch it rain. It does cool off the air somewhat, but not as much as one might think. And the days without rain are still astonishingly hot!d All of those "rainy season" warmer clothes I brought hang unused in my closet. The only need I've ever had is to take a sweater because the air-conditioning at church is frigid!
Yesterday I figured out that we drove for 3 1/2 hours, had two, one-hour apartment visits, and a two-and-a-half hour shopping excursion. It's like driving to Denver every day! We don't like to spend an hour in an apartment, but I'm having the missionaries score themselves, with oversight, and they sometimes take a long time, and particularly so if the apartment is dirty. These were.
Our favorite mall has a grocery with flowers, and David pretty much keeps flowers on the table all the time. It is very nice, and helps a little with my surprised missing of my garden, and plants in the house.
One last thing. I've mentioned that there are traffic directors at every busy intersection. I love them! They really help to keep traffic flowing. We have a couple of favorites, though. I wish I had pictures, but so far we have been unable to take them. There is one woman who directs traffic, standing in the middle of a very busy intersection, wearing a moderately short-skirted uniform, with 4-5 inch-high heels! In keeping with Filipino custom, she also wears a towel on her head to protect herself from the sun. It's quite a cute sight. Our other favorite is a middle-aged man with a large mustache who wears a completely black uniform with black boots and a white cowboy hat. He is also lots of fun to watch. I'll still try to get pictures.
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