Sister Roberts Driving in the Philippines

There is a new hotel in Cauayan 

located right across the street from the mission offices.  We watched with anticipation as The Mango Suites were constructed.  They opened this week, so we walked over, booked some rooms for our departing missionaries, and ate lunch.  You can get a nice room for under $30.00.

This weekend we spoke at the Burgos District Conference.  It was a beautiful drive through a farming community of green rice fields, towering cornfields and flower-lined streets.  I was assigned to give a talk at the Saturday night session and President Roberts spoke at all four sessions (2 were leadership sessions).   We were delighted to hear the Burgos choir sing “Love is Spoken Here”.  Sister Craig and I made our way off the stand to sit in the front row so we could see the beautiful faces of the 15 young children who sang with them.  They were angelic!

 

Several months ago, we got Philippine driver’s licenses.  Driving here is very different, so I prefer that President Roberts does all the driving.  I have recently been inspired by the way our new Mission President’s wife, drives around the mission.  I was getting my confidence built up, thinking maybe I could too.  That was until I was riding with President Roberts the other day and we went down a street so narrow, that we had to slow to a crawl and pull in our outside rearview mirrors so we could pass by a car going the opposite direction.  My confidence and desire to drive took a nosedive.  As we were driving to Burgos on Saturday, I told Sister Craig that I admired the way she had taken to driving here in The Philippines. When President Craig heard that, he told me he thought that I should drive home.   With his strong encouragement, I drove until it got dark and I wasn’t nervous!  I’m sure if my children read this, they won’t believe it.  I drove from Burgos to the Cabatuan Highway.  Confession…. I did hit one chicken crossing the road……Oops!  I hope somebody ate it for dinner. - Sister Roberts

Other Photos from this week:

Burgos District Elders and Sisters

Motorcycles are the most economical form of transportation- and they never get stuck in a traffic jam.

We share the road with carabao, tractors and all kinds of animals