Calintaan – Memories of a Mission

Calintaan

: Sunset off of Calintaan

: We flew on the Asian Spirit airline out from Manila to San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. It was quite the experience!

: Preach my Gospel

: Rice spread out to dry on the road.

: Elder Cox in the waiting shed

: Me in the waiting shed

: Teaching piano lessons to Sister Pulido

: Elder Cox and me standing in the Pulido’s front yard

: Sunset over the ocean from Calintaan

: We had some huge spiders. This one I found in my shoe in the morning. yuck!

: Us with the mayor in Rizal after the Manzo’s wedding

: Sister Siscar and Bro. Manzoand me on the hand tractor

: Elder Cox on the Hand Tractor

: The Wedding dinner in the mountains

: At the Manzo’s Wedding Feast

: Rollie and Elsie Manzo after their wedding back up in the mountain

: Me getting my first shorter than ever haircut.

: Eating dinner after the wedding

: The little celebration for the wedding (Samuel Pulido, Ramil Villoria, Maricel and Gabriel, Rachelle, Irene Pulido

: Sis Pulido and Sis Viloria cooking

: Cooking Chop-Suey for the wedding

: After the wedding was formalized. Ramil (holding Gabriel) and Maricel Viloria, Me, ElderCox, Vice Mayor

: I was the “godmother” for the wedding. I’m still not sure exactly what that means.

: Elder Cox was the “godfather” for the wedding.

: On the way to San Jose we were running late and saw this Jeepney drive by just before we could get on. We were frustrated because we had to wait for 20 minutes for the next one. When we saw this accident, we realized we had actually been protected.

: Elder Cox and I in the field up by Grill.

: The Filipino kids are the cutest! These three loved it when we’d come visit their families. (Cherise Pulido, Michelle Viloria, Rachelle Viloria)

: Elder Cox, Elder Fa’oa, Bro Gregorio and me working in the mud.

: The rice fields where Bro Gregorio worked.

: Me working on the field. We were making pilapels (the little dams between terraces)

: Elder Cox on the mountain

: Me on the mountain

: Don’t ask what the leaf is for, just a bit of indigestion i’m sure

: All the bridges (logs) were washed out by the storm

: The only internet on the island

: Rachelle and Gabriel Vilorria … super cute kids!

: Bro Viloria cutting Elder Cox’s Hair

: The Calintaan Branch with the Manzos at their baptism. (f. Burley, Isla, SIscar b. Lennie Tardio, Lola Tardio, Eva Tardio, Lola Siscar, Sis Siscar, Sis, Siscar, Rollie, Elsie, Manzo, Bro Manzo)

: Us with the Manzos before their baptism. (Cox, Rollie, Elsie, Bro Manzo, Arnesen)

: On the way back from sablayan again. A storm was rolling in.

: Me at a scenic overlook in Sablayan

: Islands off of Sablayan

: The Map of MIndoro up in Sablayan

: Me, Bro Andales, Pres Isla, working on cutting down the tree

: The Mango tree at the church after the typhoon

: Elder Cox with a big piece of wood

: Thanksgiving, we even had gravy

: Satellite image of the typhoon.

: Elder Cox in the typhoon

: Me standing out in the Typhoon

: Hiking back down from Magsikap.

: Yeah, the one day we were late, we were coming from San Jose and the bus got caught in the rain

: Playing the Piano with the Canibal watching!!

: Me on the beach north of Calintaan

: Teaching Piano lessons to Sis Pulido

: This is what our bedroom looked like during a brown-out. We had a stack of candles on the bed-side table so we could see a bit in the dark.

: Riding on top of the jeepeny with Elder Cox

: There were sheds for waiting for the buses and jeepneys on the side of the road. We decided to post a copy of “The Living Christ” in each of the sheds. I’m not sure if anyone read them (they were in Tagalog) but they lasted for about 2 weeks before they were taken down.

: We had sister Pulido teach us how to make authentic Filipino food. She cooked with us over a fire in her outdoor kitchen.

: This picture has nothing to do with this post except that it was taken on this day. We made pancakes regularly in this area because they had a great mix we could get. We ate them with corn syrup (that’s all we could find). This day they didn’t turn out so pretty but still tasted ok!

: These are the lattices we made with Bro Pulido.

: Rice fields that are dry after being cut and are now ready for threshing.

: Me sitting on top of the jeepney waiting to go back to Calintaan from San Jose.

: This is the view from the top of the jeepney in San Jose as we’re waiting to ride back to Calintaan. There were always a million trikes whizzing around.

: Elder Cox and me standing in the ocean after the zone activity.

: Me standing in the ocean at Magsaysay where we had our zone activity.

: The Viloria Family

: The Gregorio’s CR (comfort room . . .), yeah that’s me.

: The outside of the airport in San Jose. We drove this way on the way in to San Jose every time.

: Sis and Bro Pulido eating fruit by the foot that my parent’s sent me. They had not idea what to do with it!

: The Viloria Family in front of the church

: Riding to San Jose from Rizal

: This really has nothing to do with anything but you should read the text on the building.

: Me preparing to baptize Maricel in the ocean

: Us with the Vilorias on their baptism day. (Elder Cox, Maricel, Ramil, Elder Arnesen, Rachelle, Michelle)

: The view from riding on top of a Jeepney. The buses were taller and more intense to ride on but this gives you a bit of an idea.

: Me and Elder cox at the Christmas Eve party.

: The Calintaan District on Christmas Eve (Elder Baylon, Elder McCauley, Elder Arnesen, Elder Morgan Cox)

: So green and beautiful

: Rice fields about 2 weeks into the growing cycle

: Elders Campbell, Dick, and McCauley on top of the mountain.

: Elder Cox and Elder Arnesen on the Mountain

: On the trail up to the cell phone towers.

: Fa’oa, Boucher, McCauley, Pradilla and Dick on the top of the jeepney

: The Mindoro Zone on top of the mountain

: Singing with Bro Andales

: Elder Cox and I playing our conch shells

: The front of the meeting house in Calintaan

: The Elders Quorum (plus 1) Rommel, Bro Oreta, Bro Pulido, Bro Siscar, Pres Isla, Elgie Tardio

: Elders Arnesen and Cox with Brother Sergio Aldana

: Elder Cox with the Pulido Family

: Me with the Pulido Family. I got some serious sun in this area.

: Mangyan merchandise that the Oretas showed us

: “Nagtatalok sa bukid” Planting rice in the field. Yep, that’s me.

: Bro Andales working the fields

: The Bible display at the catholic church

: The bible display

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