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All Kine Stuffs
When I tried to come up with a title for this week’s blog post, I couldn’t really focus in on any one thing. Hence the title- borrowing from our Hawaii years. It really was a mix of many things. It was generally a slower week- we didn’t travel much until Thursday and Friday. So let…
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A Little Bit of Country
This past week was another week full of dedicated people, interesting sites and hopefully some good was accomplished. On Monday we headed up to Gerona School Division to follow-up on a request there. This is about two hours north of us here. We had such a nice visit with teachers, a principal and other officials…
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So Much Grateful!!!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you all had a filling and fulfilling feast. We certainly did! Thanks to Kim and Jared Morrison who opened up their lovely home to many, many young missionaries and three lucky senior couples as well. I always love spending time with Kim. She has such a good, humanitarian heart. She…
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Paradisiacal Palawan
Our 10 days in Palawan proved to be our busiest week yet! We didn’t really know what to expect, but we were amazed and delighted by many things. First of all, Palawan is known as the last frontier in the Philippines and is also the largest province. I can vouch for that! We did a…
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Fun, Games and Learning
This week started off with our Welfare Services Conference which was held Monday through Wednesday. Most of the conference was held in a town close to Clark Airfield. This is a growing, planned development community now, so they have open, green spaces and nice housing areas (and hotels and casinos). We learned a lot more…
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…From repulsion to Compassion
Mother Theresa has a famous quote: ” One of the realities we’re all called to go through is to move from repulsion to compassion and from compassion to wonderment”. This really speaks to me. We spent the day on Thursday immersed in poverty. But we were able to leave the poverty behind. We traveled back…
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I feel my Savior’s Love…
Yes, we do! We certainly felt it as we savored the beauty of the Island of Coron and surrounding islands! And we felt it while in the presence of the Mabuhay Deseret people, from the doctors who gave so generously of their time and so much energy, and we felt His love as we met…
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Sacred Space and Poverty Place
The weeks are really flying by. We have been here for 5 weeks already! It hardly seems possible! Last Sunday, after going to church in Makati, we really wanted to find a peaceful lovely spot to relax in for a bit. Our apartment, with its noisy air conditioners isn’t quite that. We saw on the…
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R.A.C.H.E.L Turnovers
No, it’s not a woman who makes turnovers! RACHEL stands for Remote Area Community Hotspot (for education and learning). So it’s a server that allows schools to bypass using the internet and provides great educational resources. This project has been in the making by Steve Leininger and his sweet wife since before they even came…
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An Eye Opening/Heart Wrenching Week-
This week was so full! I can’t imagine every week will be quite like this past one. I think the Leiningers are trying to introduce us to as many projects/possibilities as they can, which is great. Our first visit this week was to Gentle Hands, an NGO that serves as an orphanage and safe place…
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.
