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Manila to BGC
After our wonderful time in the cool, fresh mountains, we headed back to the big city and the reality of our mission. We hit the ground running again, especially on Tuesday, our Manila day. We started the day at 7:00, when we picked up the the sister service missionaries for our day of adventure (that’s…
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Banaue or Bust!!
When we first knew we were coming to the Philippines, and we looked up information about the Philippines, we would see these amazing photos of the Banaue Rice Terraces. It was definitely in the back of our minds to eventually get there to experience them. We tried in April- we had a night bus booked,…
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Caring for the Poor and the Needy
We had two experiences this week that reminded us of the main charge of the humanitarian effort of the Church, which is to care for the poor and the needy. Of course, who isn’t poor and needy in some way! We all have our needs and we all need to rely on the arm of…
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The Not Entirely Abandoned Elderly
The first noteworthy thing of the week was our handover of donation at the facility for elderly women called “Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly”. We handed this project over to Sister Bjorkman, who can’t really travel much because her husband works here in the legal department. She stays plenty busy working on projects that…
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Joy and Frustration in Palawan
It was the best of times and ….not the worst of times, but there were some stressful times. The only stressful times revolved around our two turnover or handover of donations. We had two of them and they were both at rural health centers. And opposite ends of the island from each other. The first…
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Mt. Samat and Balanga
Last week we had a quick trip up to the Bataan peninsula to visit with two school divisions. They were interested in learning more about our school literacy tutorial programs, so up we went. Unfortunately, when we presented our last three very large literacy projects, it was decided by our top managers that we should…
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Suffer the little children…
The children ruled this week. We had some sweet experiences with a diverse range of children. First, I was able to go to Mabuhay House after not going there for awhile. I had an open morning, so quickly figured out a craft and got two doctors’ wives to go with me. They loved it, of…
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Hobnobbing with the Wealthy
Is that a term? I think it is! We did something we haven’t ever really had the opportunity to do before on our mission. We had a turnover of donation (mostly just the MOA legal document signing) with the Opthamalogical Foundation. They have connections with some of the best eye surgeons in Manila who volunteer…
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Hike/Beach/Work
When we lived in Hawaii, Sean used to love the days when we could do it all! Hike/beach/kayak! Well, we almost did that this past weekend, but decided not to kayak, since we couldn’t really take the kayak out very far. They only allowed us to take it to the buoys. What we did experience…
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Eastern Visayas
Our highlight this past week was our two day trip to Eastern Visayas. We took a flight there (the ride to the airport, which took two hours, was longer than the flight there) and hit the ground running. Kenneth Lee came with us as we headed off to talk to four school divisions about our…
We are the Huffs!
After being retired for three years – remodeling our house, living through COVID, traveling around the country to see our children and grandchildren – we decided it was time to do something truly meaningful and bigger than self. We’ve long wanted to serve a mission together for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. On June 21, 2022, we received our call to serve as humanitarian missionaries in the Philippines. On August 22, our mission began at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. On September 4, we arrived in the Philippines. We look forward to sharing our adventure over the next 18 months.
