Olongapo Mission

Last Mission Thoughts

2009-04-05T18:41:00.000-07:00

The ride is over, the time is gone, and as We look forward to seeing our loved ones back home, We hate to think of leaving our new family here. The love we found and enjoyed this last 18 months is only found in the Mission field. A very pure, unconditional, and open feeling of love that radiates from the people with pure, unconditional faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Brothers and Sisters in Christ, children of God, we look different, but "all are alike unto Christ."

Somehow all the problems, difficulties, differences, they all seem to disappear as the time to depart approaches, and all the fun, all the tears, all the faith-promoting and heart-wrenching experiences come to the forefront of our minds. We can only hope our friends here will remember us, as we remember them. "When one door closes, another opens", but still, its hard to go. In a word, unforgettable.

The Trip Home

2009-03-27T20:30:00.000-07:00

The airport in Taipai was so different, it was beautiful ! They had a room with Orchids you could relax in. A green room with plants and massage chairs. It was very clean.

Airport in Manila, waiting with other missionaries. And waiting and waiting and waiting...

Boracay by the Beach

In Boracay it was a different kind of beautiful. Beautiful flowers along with an interesting pig head. It is a great vacation spot for all of Asia.

Beautiful Baguio

We went to Baguio, which looks like Flagstaff, high in the mountains. We stayed a beautiful lodge. Ate wonderful food ! It was chilly at night, something we had not felt for a long time.

Going Away Parties

2009-03-15T20:34:00.000-07:00

Sister Aquino decided there should be a BIG going away party for us, with lots of our favorite food. Everyone should come and take part and do some kind of entertainment. She always said that was the Filipino style, so no matter how much work it was for her she always made sure that every dinner was wonderful and it always was.

People at the party.

More people at the party.

Same people at the Party. After we ate most everyone did a little entertaining, a form of saying goodby to us.

Couples - The Jones, Snows and Us.

All of the grilling was done by the Catalogo's.

Ruth and Eddie getting a bite.

Sister Kimberlin's favorite, large shrimp.

As always , plenty of good food. The Aquino's are wonderful cooks.

Branch Going Away Party

Elder Kimberlin with the Pres. Lambino, Sister Vista, Sister Lambino. These are a few of the pictures we took at the Branch going away party. It was happy and sad all at once. We thought maybe we could say goodby gracefully but every one followed us to the parking lot. It really did become like we belonged there. We loved those people so much, and they had so much love to give us back.

Always, at any good Branch party , intertainment ! Lots of dancing and singing.

And games for everyone, every age.

Elder Kimberlin with the members.

Sisters in Zion singing our last song together.

Sister Fernandez , she is the happy one, and our biggest supporter, with her Mom and Husband.

Bro. Neal, Jerome and his fiance. Plenty of food at the party !

Mission Home the last day.....

Elder Din, Elder Ruiz, Elder Kimberlin, Sister Kimberlin, Elder Perez, Elder Atacador

Last day at the mission home. Sister Aquino, Me and Ruth , Sister Hernandez. This is early in the afternoon before all the tears started. We took no pictures of that event, but it will be in our hearts forever.

People We Worked With In Town

2009-01-29T18:00:00.000-08:00

The lady in the pink is Merlyn, it was her Happy Birthday so Sister Aquino and I took her a hat and a cake. Merlyn helped so much with our electric bills for the missionary apartments. At first I thought maybe she didn't like us so much because we could not understand each other over the phone and she would be impatient with me, but we turned out to be friends.

These are the guards at the bank. The man on the left saved our lives one day. We were with the new couple the Jones, helping them get their accounts set up and we left the blue binder (with all the money in it) behind. I thought we had it because we had a blue binder, but it turns out it was Sister Jones' and the money binder was left at the bank, for hours. This guard saw what had happened and when we walked up he had a big smile on his face. He had put it in his drawer for me. This is truly amazing because he is so poor and his little girl has cancer and they were just starting the treatments. So next time we went we took brownies, brownies make every thing better.

Across from the bank is the Reflexology Spa and for $8 you could sit in a recliner and get you feet soaked and worked on for 30 min. We became really good friends with these young ladies.

Doesn't Elder Kimberlin look so happy !

These are some of the bank people we got to know. Andy is the guy on the left with his hands in his pockets, he always helped us, not just with the money but with where to go eat and important info like that. We cannot say enough about how wonderful the people were to us everywhere we did our mission bussiness. We miss them.

The New Suits

2009-01-29T17:41:00.000-08:00

Guard at the grocery store, there are guards at every entrance to every store, always with a big gun.

The Tailor and his wife, very nice people. They work in the small shop, about 14x14 feet.

Getting all the info. We picked out beautiful cashmere material, it never wrinkles, and looks beautiful.

The tailor was able to guess the waist size without measuring. Elder Kimberlin had two suits made, each one costs about $80

Winding down in November

2009-01-29T16:09:00.000-08:00

These pictures go with the turkey at the bottom. Sorry....

Elder Ko during a break.

Treats at zone conference. Do you see the excitment on their faces ?

This picture does not show her beauty. Her face looked like a beautiful porcelin doll would look, flawless.

Elder Ko came to visit with his beautiful wife, they are Korean. They were both funny and a joy to be with. He is the one in the orange tie and she on his right. Elder Ko said we need more couples !

This is a trip to Mt. Samant. It is a big cross with an elevator to the top, it was beautiful. We all brought food and had a lunch together. Its at the location of the last great battle for Bataan in WWll.

We are so happy for Jerome Factura he finally found his true love.

She seemed to be crying a bit, she must have been so happy

We had a wedding. James Fernandez and his bride Jackie

We cook a turkey dinner at the mission home, many had not tasted turkey. They said they liked it but I don't think they liked it as much as we did !

Eight More Weeks to Go

2008-10-26T03:28:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe that it is almost time to leave. The closer we get to the end the more busy we become and the faster the time flies. What an experience !

This young man has saved all these rubber bands, quite impressive.

On the table you will recognize the green been cassorole , the kind with the onions on top, cream of mushroom soup, very familiar to us. Sister Kimberlin made it for this training day for the District Presidents and their wives. It got some strange looks, kind of how we feel when we look at some of their food. Most gave it a try, some did not. Some really liked it and wanted the recipe. It was just fun to watch people.

This is just one of many funny signs we see almost every day, the people say things different than we do.

This is a fruit bat, it belongs to Greg the man in the picture, he has three and he invited us to meet them. They are large, look kind of like they have little dog faces and their wings look like soft brown leather. It was a fascinating visit. Greg has a tailoring shop, where you can get a suit or pants made. Sister Kimberlin has had several blouses made in his shop.

This is a water filter we use here and we are so glad we have it ! I'm not sure what would happen if we drank brown water ?

Just so no one will wonder if we get to eat good food every now and then, on SBMA (the old military base) there are new restaurant's going in. Korea is buying the Philippines, at least in our area.

This is training at a zone conference in San Antonio. Elder Makihele is not really into the training more into his picture being taken.

These are the Jones from Idaho. They are having a new experience, getting their drivers license in the Philippines, when you are new it is classified as an "experience" They were troopers, it is very hot and takes a long time, most things look a little strange at first.

The lady in pink is Merlyn, it is her happy birthday, we took her a cake and hat. She works in Olongapo and helps Sister Kimberlin with the electric bills for some of the apartments. By helping that means she doesn't have to stand in line forever.

This is Elder Agacer, he is going home on the day this picture was taken. He is the only one that loves Eddie as much as Sister Kimberlin. He lived next door to us and when he would come up the stairs he would yell, E D D I E, any time of the night or day.

This weekend we did training in Alaminos, it is north about 31/2 hours. We feel it is the best district. They had a family history center that was unbelievable, it functioned and is busy, they do New Family Search and it was impressive, the system they have going. We did training in other areas then we, with the President and his wife and the other Senior couple, the Snow's, went to a great restaurant right by the ocean and had the biggest shrimp we have ever seen , they were very good! Wish we had taken a picture.

We had a good experience a week ago. We have some good friends, Bert and Rayola Sorensen, they served in Iba in about 1992. When we attended the District Conference in Iba, we started asking people if they remembered the Sorensen's. Everyone old enough remembered them with very kind and loving words. The three Brother's above remember them really well and the sister standing with Sister Kimberlin was the lady that help them in their home. We are standing in front of the house they lived in. The Sister said everyone cried and cried when they left. The members sometimes come to Conference in Jeepney's like the one in the picture, some have to come quite a distance.

Pictures of Interest

2008-08-31T02:21:00.000-07:00

This is a great family history story.Sister Kimberlin has been helping the Catalogo's do their family history this year. Bro. Catalogo (white t-shirt) had lost track of his family.His father died and his mother went to another country to work, someone else raised he and his brother. Over here it is not unusual for people to lose contact, most do not travel much. So he remembered he had an aunt who lived and hour and a half away, which to him was like clear across the US. So one day Elder Kimberlin was going to go move some Elders down south and the Catalogo's went with him and they stopped where he thought his aunt lived and found his step father and 3 sisters,one of the sisters had looked for him in 2002 and couldn't find him, so she was crying and crying she was so happy. They gave him his Mother's phone number and he made contact with her again, she is still living abroad. He was so happy !! In Dec. they are going to have a family reunion and his mother is coming home, he has not seen her for 21 years. How's that for a family history story!

This is a picture of the ladies at Enrichment meeting. They are learning to bake cookies in their toaster ovens. Most families have a toaster oven but no stoves with ovens. They really want to learn to bake, there seems to be a big interest in American food. We had a good time that day, and you can make oatmeal cookies in a toaster oven. Next I think we might learn to make taffy. In the second picture the Sisters are learning to bake pies in our apartment.

New Mission President

2008-08-31T01:48:00.000-07:00

The first of July we received a new Mission President, President Aquino. He is Filipino, has a really sweet wife and three boys. He was over the Church Education System in part of the Philippines, so he is a great teacher, very soft spoken and kind, with a great sense of humor.

Trip to Manila

2008-07-07T01:54:00.000-07:00

Each one of these walls is covered with names of Americans and Philippinos who died here in WW11. Medal of Honor recipients' names are in gold with a star by them.
Just one of many vistas with crosses and Star of Davids.
At the Manila Temple with Returned Missionaries Sister Bacatan and Sister Agustin

Beautiful wreath at the front of the Memorial.
Pres. Burtenshaw, the Thompsons, Kimberlins, and Snows in the rain. We didn't realize this was the beginning of Typhoon Frank.
More of the beautiful grounds surrounding the Memorial.

Typhoon Season

2008-07-04T05:47:00.000-07:00

I believe this was a service station, the whole front is blown away. We asked some of our friends to the South how they survived, they said its just life in the Philippines. Needless to say, they get no government help, no FEMA, they just roll up their sleeves and go to work rebuilding.

This is driving down the National Highway, you can see the poles blown over, trees uprooted. The poles here are hollow concrete with tons of rebar. In places they were snapped like matchsticks.

Needless to say, typhoons are just terrible. This picture of Santa Cruz is where our couple missionaries live, this is the street to their house. The Snow's, they are from Virginia, lived using a generator for a month. They had to fill it every night with gas so they could have a little air conditioner going. We didn't hear them complain much, that's probably because the people they work with lost their homes and everything.

Pictures of Interest

2008-05-13T05:35:00.000-07:00

The newest member of our Branch is Julie Ann. She reads everything given to her cover to cover. The Sisters who taught her are Sister DeGuzman and Sister Bulan.

Aeta's are a dark group of mountain people that live among us here and sell things like you see in the picture. There seems to be a lot of prejudice against them , they are viewed as a lower class. The ones we have become familiar with in town seem friendly enough.

No one is shy here about choosing alternative life styles , and there are many that choose alternative styles.

Eddie on the left and Ruth on the right are the mission kittens. We raised them when their Mom was run over in the street, at that time they were three weeks old. We love playing with them.

The Branch in our complex bought new uniforms this year for the sportsfest , volley ball and basketball are taken very serious here.

Once after a day in the office, Sister Burtenshaw and I walked on this beach close by and bought necklaces from the Muslims. It was very beautiful.

Death March

2008-05-04T01:46:00.001-07:00

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April 9 here is Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Heroes, a national holiday. Great battles, campaigns, victories or losses are celebrated with a day long fest in Balanga, Bataan, and the Bataan Death March parade is the main event. The organizers have acquired replicated uniforms, both GI and Japanese, with authentic Filipino garb, and they paint blood, wrap wounds, everything for realism, then they march in a parade, complete with floats depicting battles in progress, with the Bataan Death March as the finale, complete with uprisings, riots, and punishments. They especially appreciate the American and Canadian Missionaries, for the realism, they are fed before and after the parade, all the makeup and uniforms are provided. It is held in April as was the actual march, and even with all the festivities, you can still feel at least a bit of the pain felt by the real POWs, as they made their way in the heat of summer. But if you've read the history, it doesn't take much imagination to remember the actual brutality.

Corregidor Island

2008-05-04T00:19:00.000-07:00

This was the day we went to Corregidor, the island off Mariveles, Bataan. Its where the US had built what they thought would be a saving place for troops forced out by the Japanese. But the bombing of Pearl Harbor stopped the Navy from forming any rescue. We went over in three of these boats. The trip took about half hour. Pictured is the group that made the trip, its Pday for the Missionaries, so they got to go. That's Sister Bulanon modeling Pday attire. There is a lot to see of the history, like this memorial. The tunnel that MacArthur holed up in is still there, and a tour takes you through it, complete with sound effects of the bombing outside. The large bombed-out building is a barracks built for the troops.This is one of the big guns of Corregidor, it could lob shells clear to Mariveles, but couldn't help do anything about the Death March, for fear of killing POWs, both American and Filipino.

New Calling

2008-04-15T05:49:00.001-07:00

If you speak in Conference here they give you a flower to were, all most makes it worth it. The second picture is of Elder Kimberlin who is a part of this new Branch Presidency. President Lambino is in the middle, he speaks some English and the Brother on the right is Brother Centeno he speaks a few works of English. Communication is one of our biggest problems here.

Work Project

2008-02-28T01:36:00.000-08:00

We love our Sister Missionaries ! Sister Drio and Sister DeGusman

Work projects are the best for getting to know everyone. Elder Kimberlin was so happy to get to use his big bolo knife, and he didn't have to see any snakes. They cleared bamboo and trees.

Yum, fish with their heads still on.

Cooking with the Ladies

Brother Navarro is really a good cook. The people that live in the house cook this way everyday,this is their stove.

Baptism in The South China Sea

2008-02-28T00:47:00.000-08:00

This is our first baptism to watch being done in the Sea. It was a beautiful day with, with lots of nice people and good food.

Elder Teh

2008-02-16T23:18:00.000-08:00

We should have told you about this a while back, Elder Teh came to visit. He was a great guy ! After our meeting we all went and had pizza , we all , meaning the couples. Elder Teh is what we in the church call a General Authority, a member of the 1st quorum of the 70's. At dinner we asked what the difference was in the 1st quorum and the 2nd quorum ? He said if you are called to the 1st quorum, it is a call that lasts until you are seventy years old, and the 2nd quorum is a 3 year call. He told us about his call and how he felt, it was great. He is such a nice person, and dinner was a fun time, kind of like if you had just played a softball game and you all went out for pizza and just talked about everything, he was just one of the players,only he is a really good player.

Back to The Hard Pioneer Days

2008-01-27T02:33:00.000-08:00

We had no idea that people still had coal burning irons. We visited this Sister and she was using one. She said that you put the hot coals in the top and iron the Levi's first and then as the iron cools you use it on the more delicate clothing. Not everyone has electricity where we are and a lot of people do not have running water. If they do have electricity it may be hanging wires with one light bulb. Some have more , many have TVs.

Happy New Year 2008

2008-01-12T02:50:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year !! We know it's going to be a great year with lots of new learning experience.
We hope to do better with our blog... We didn't know we would be so busy.

This is the pig that Brother Catalogo cooked for the Branch Christmas Party.

For 2007 these are two of our favorite people. Brother and Sister Catalogo. Bro. Catalogo takes care of the whole compound here, he fixes everything, and he always has the smile. Sis. Catalogo is very shy, she cleans our apartment and washes our clothes and I hope she is coming with us when we come home,because I have never seen everything so clean.They have three daughters and one granddaughter. They are very faithful people and add a lot of strength to the branch.

This is Elder Kimberlin's News Years Eve toy, the shorter guy in the picture, Rommel, made it for him. It's a sulibong. Cans taped together, with holes in the cans, then you put alcohol in one end and light it. It makes a bomb like sound and blue flame shoots out the end. Great, New Years Eve toy ! On the spiritual side of the story about Rommel and his family, we love visiting them and getting to know them. They come to church every Sunday and Rommel now passes the sacrament, it always makes us think of Austin and Weston doing the same thing in Utah each Sunday.
Next blog I am going to tell you about "NQR" It was taped to my office door when I arrived, I'm not sure how long it has been here, maybe years. It's what we refer to when things are not as we thought they should be or different from what we are use to, we meaning Americans. It stands for " Not Quite Right"

The Work Goes On

2007-11-02T00:07:00.000-07:00

Time is flying here, we do stay busy. We had 16 Missionaries return home last month, and only got 5 to replace them. We did get a new Couple, the Snows from Virginia. More work with less people, that causes all of us to step up the pace a bit.

We got to do some travelling, down towards Bataan. There are monuments built to honor those who were victims of that terrible time, along with milepost markers built where the highway and the sites of the march coincide.

It also seemed to be a time for snakes, Elder Kimberlin heard something behind him on one of his early morning walks, looked back and saw a 4 foot snake hastily slithering where he had just stepped, maybe a foot and a half away. And, needless to say, Elder Kimberlin did some hasty maneuvering of his own, putting some distance between him and it. Several days later, he found the carcass of what appeared to be the same snake in the same location, so he feels a little braver now.(Like maybe that was the only snake in the Philippines!)

As the seasons change, rainy season is about over and we're entering into the nicest part of the year, different fruits and vegetables appear in the markets. Mangoes and pineapples are about gone, palmellos(looks like a huge grapefruit, but a little sweeter) are here. And the bananas continue to appear. Everything is for sale here, snakes, lizards, crabs, you name it, they have it.

The farmers spread their rice crop out on the highway to dry, then as the clouds appear, they hurriedly gather it into bags. Traffic tries to avoid running over the rice, but sometimes it can't be helped.

And when Americans start looking toward fall(in September), here Christmas music begins to be heard in all the markets and stores. Christmas decorations appear everywhere for sale(there's no Thanksgiving here), with some Halloween masks thrown in for good measure. Halloween is celebrated in conjunction with All Saints Day(Nov.1). The cemetaries are all cleaned up, and people go to visit the gravesites of those who have gone on. Kind of like our Memorial Day, but much more celebrated.

But the good work goes on, the Missionaries keep working, keep praying, keep blessing the lives of good people everywhere. Its so exciting to be with them and watch them, they are so dedicated to their purposes. But for all the work, the sweating, Elder Kimberlin keeps gaining weight.

Two Months Went By In A Hurry !

2007-09-16T05:52:00.000-07:00

Two Months Went By In A Hurry ! Time is flying by and things are seeming more comfortable, even the traffic. We are learning our jobs, little by little. We are having success with the people in our branch and feel a part of it now. We have felt a few times when we have been led or directed and have had some good experiences.One Sunday when we picked up the Sister's that take us visiting, they had a treat for us ! It was Cassava, A root that looks like a white carrot, they slice it and cook it in coconut milk and brown sugar. It tasted really good.
It's been a sick month for us. Sister Kimberlin picked up the flu around the 3rd week in Aug. and was sick on her birthday. It was a Sunday so the Relief Society sisters wrote on her birthday card they had for her, notes of get well. One Sister wrote ; The wind carry our voices telling you that there are Sisters sitting in an other corner of the world wishing you the best of everything , get well soonWe love you...Then Elder Kimberlin has his turn. It was just awful and lasted for ever.
Last week while in town doing our shopping for the week, it was time to eat dinner, so we picked a place we had not been to give it a try. It was a Japanese/Korean place. Brand new, very nice. We sat on the floor and our waiter grilled the meat on the table in front of us. Our waiter turned out to be an investigator . We were able to talk to him a lot because he was the one cooking the meat. He has a girlfriend and a one year old little boy ( no money to get married) He asked if he could ask us a question ? It was the one about how he had always been taught that God and Jesus were the same person. We had a good discussion.It just all makes me know that Heavenly Father really picked our restaurant that night and He is in charge.
Two couples go home tomorrow. Now there are just two couples left and the Mission President. We will get one new couple the end of Oct., until then it will just be hard.
We went on a trip up North a few weeks ago to One Hundred Island, it was beautiful.

2007-09-16T05:47:00.001-07:00

Aug. 10, 2007

2007-08-10T20:33:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow will be our forth Sunday. We thought we would put some pictures of the people we are working with in our branch. The San Narciso Branch is located 30 miles north of the mission home ,where we live.Sister Kimberlin is in charge of the primary and Elder Kimberlin has been the speaker for the youth. The branch President said he would have a Primary President called this week, the last one just quit coming.

Enrichment meeting was a very spiritual experience. There were five of us.

It was great those ladies just carried on like there were 50 Sisters there. Opening prayer, song( the song " As Sisters in Zion" was so touching and spiritual,we could hardly hold back the tears.) Special number by Elder Kimberlin ( on his new guitar) a personality game by the Pres. , then the demo by Grandma, on how to make cell phone carrier out of bamboo, which none of us could follow or ever do. About midway the RS Pres, disappeared for a while, came back with a dish called lupia, kind of like egg rolls.You have to understand that they are big into cooking and sharing, part of her opening, before the game was the sharing of a new recipe. So we are not supposed to eat their food but there are only 5 of us, I'm sure someone would notice if we didn't. The lupia was so good. The people do not have ovens so they cook on 2 burner hot plates.The last couple missionaries showed them how to make rice krispie treats, big hit. So I need some recipes for treats on a 2 burner strove. We got talking about how we don't know what to buy at the palenkes or markets outside. They took us downtown and helped us shop and told us what everything was, it was great. Grandma made me a purse and Elder Kimberlin a cell phone holder. Everyone here has a cell phone, they text, that's how they communicate.
Church was good the two families we visited came. That afternoon we had family home afternoon with them, Sister Kimberlin brought cookies and pickup sticks to play, it went well so we will see.

The hospital. No, the nightmare or the war zone would be more like it. It was worse than I would have ever imagined.Very few sheets, no clean sheets. Blood, filth, no nurses, no PJ's.Everyone crammed in a big room or hall ways. It was just terrible. Everything was old or rusted. If one of us gets hurt just take us to the airport and fly us out.

Our First Week

2007-07-23T06:44:00.000-07:00

Our first week is over.We are not as tired as we were at first.Today at church during the prayer I know we both fell asleep.
Yesterday was our first day in the car. Kerry is very good at driving here, we are still not too good with the direction, yesterday while going to town we forgot the map, that was bad. The streets in Olongapo remind me of China Town, just big enough for two cars on the road, but three or four are trying to make it work. The little mall was a disappointment, very junky, crowded and loud. We went to the palenke. which is the city open market, very smelly with little children begging you for money. We bought some fruit and vegetables and left, but I know that is where the Sisters go to have their clothes made and to buy the things they need, so I guess we will be going back. I'm thinking maybe we can go to the smaller towns to their Palengke, maybe it would be better.Kerry did find a guitar shop ( our purpose for going and risking our lives) and he bought a very nice guitar.
Subic Bay is what they call, on the base ( although there is no base) there are gates and guards and no poor people. There is a grocery store with a little of our American stuff. President Burtenshaw was right " You can't always find what you want, but you can get what you need." American stuff is very expensive so if we can learn to eat like the Filipinos all will be well. The rice and vegetables and fruit seem to be very good so far. It's funny in the store because there are aisles and aisles of candy and junk food, I'm not sure what's up with that.
Our jobs in the office have been hard to try and learn this last week, I think particularly because we were so tired. We will try harder this next week. We don't want the Pres. to fire us because we like the air conditioning in our apartment and if we get shipped out it will be bad and really hot.
It is beautiful here especially in the mountains. In the little towns that are on the highway
it's hard to see the beauty because it is so poor and junky and sad. There are goats and water buffalo everywhere, and a million skinny dogs.
We went to church in our branch today. Nice building, very warm. We both got to speak today along with the Burtenshaws. We met some very nice people there. We had packed a lunch and knew we would be staying to go visit some of the people after Siesta time, which is from 12:00 to 2:00. So at noon we ate our lunch in the car and took a nap. Then at two the Relief Society Pres.and her first Councilor came and took us on visits. That was interesting. These two sisters were very sharp and spoke a lot of English, however in the homes we visited they did not speak much English, most of the visit was done in Tagalog , We understood some but not enough to help.Everyone lives in very poor homes, they have very little. Next week we will go back with these Sisters and have a family night on Sun. afternoon with a lot of the families we visited. Sat. afternoon is Enrichment meeting we will be learning to make cell phone cases out of bamboo or some thing like it, everyone has a cell phone.

2007-06-17T16:21:00.001-07:00

This is Subic Bay. We will be close by. We thought we would put a web site address if you would like to look some more - subicbaywikipedia.org -
This will be our address if you want to send money (just kidding) but maybe a Christmas card.

Elder & Sister Kimberlin
Philippines Olongapo Mission
National Highway
Mangan-Vaca
2209 Subic, Zambales
Philippines

The church has what is called a pouch service. Use a regular stamp and send to;

Elder & Sister Kimberlin
Philippines Olongapo Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City, Ut 84130-0150

There are rules for the pouch service. Only letters, this means no pictures, money, checks,credit cards or stamps. So if you want to send us your credit card please us the first address.

Olongapo Mission Here We Come !

2007-06-10T22:34:00.000-07:00

It's been long and Hard but we are finally ready to go. We will be checking into the MTC on July 2 . Our assignment has been changed from proselyting in the hills to the office couple in the city, it's all good, we are excited to go! Our un/farewell talk will be on June 24 at 9:00. It will be hard to say goodby to our wonderful ward here in Snowflake, and our family.

*Olongapo Mission*

Last Mission Thoughts

The Trip Home

Going Away Parties

People We Worked With In Town

The New Suits

Winding down in November

Eight More Weeks to Go

Pictures of Interest

New Mission President

Trip to Manila

Typhoon Season

Pictures of Interest

Death March

Corregidor Island

New Calling

Work Project

Baptism in The South China Sea

Elder Teh

Back to The Hard Pioneer Days

Happy New Year 2008

The Work Goes On

Two Months Went By In A Hurry !

Aug. 10, 2007

Our First Week

Olongapo Mission Here We Come !

Olongapo Mission