Addition to blog.  We're still having trouble uploading our videos, so we're giving it another try.

Have you EVER seen such a huge papaya?  This was so juicy and sweet.  It is lying on the tip of a banana tree leaf (which was wrapped around it) when it was given to us.  We're really going to miss all of the various fresh - home grown - fruit when we return to the United States. 

It is not unusual to see Jeepneys loaded with so many different things such as this one  Sometimes, they'll be totally filled with fresh harvested pineapple. 

Now, here's a "travelling Salesman" tricycle (tricee).  As you can see, it has fans, wash tubs, blue 5-gallon water jugs, brooms, stools, chairs, and much, much more.

As we were at one of our newest apartments, the children gathered to have their picture taken.  Elder Finley, one of Jerry's Supply Assistants, wanted to be in the picture, too.

 

Hopefully, you will be able to open the two videos below.  The first one was taken from our apartment window, which is above the Mission Office.  It shows how the wind was blowing the coconut trees, and also some of the rain.  The wind and rain weren't much to speak of since we were on the very fringes of the Super Typhoon - Haiyan.  It is also called Yolanda.  We had a better video, but for some reason we weren't able to upload it.

 

Jerry took this video where we stopped in the National Forest.  It was a breathtakingly beautiful area, and we thought you would enjoy seeing it.  The roadsides are "manicured" by hand.  You never see litter of any kind, and there are no visible homes.