Shortly after we arrived, we went to the baptism of the Sister.  Her son baptized her, he is in the picture also.  It was a very happy day for them.

These are pictures we took out in the country on the way to hook up the water filter for some Elders who were moving into a new house.  The tree I think is called a Coral Tree.  It has beautiful orange flowers on it,

There are some really nice looking homes here, but most people live in conditions that we would think are unacceptable.

We came home the other day and the gardener was here again, but he was on his lunch break.

We also invited our back door neighbors over for lunch.

When we arrived at our new  home for the next 18 months, the gardener was here mowing and fertilizing the front yard.

The Welcome sign on the front door of our home was made by the Sister who does our laundry, Lisa Carino.  She is the Relief Society Pres. in the Camiling 1st Branch and her husband is the Branch President.

Elder and Sister Weber in front of the World Map at the MTC.

Our District at the MTC.  Elder Weber was the District Leader

Final trip back to San Diego before we leave for the Philippines

April 28, 2014

Yesterday was a wonderful day.  We are in Ramona, CA for the Priesthood ordination of our Grandson Logan Tyler Weber, son of our oldest son Mark.  He is really an exceptional young man and we are very pleased with him.  Mark's oldest daughter Hayley spoke at Sacrament Meeting because it was Seminary Sacrament Meeting and she was chosen to represent the girls in the Freshman Class.  She did a marvelous job and expressed her feelings about attending Seminary.  She said that going to Seminary makes the rest of her day go better and she has been happier since she started Seminary.  She said her mother had even noticed and difference in her attitude since she began going to Seminary.  She brought tears to my eyes.  In the evening we went do the Santee Stake Center to be set apart as missionaries to the Philippines. Santee Stake President Randy Schimpf set us apart.  Our very good friends Karen and Ken Bowden, our Bishop Ab Jenkins, our home teacher Nick Aste and our son Mark and his children Logan and Peyton were all there.  It was a very spiritual experience for us.  President Schimpf gave us a wonderful blessing.  He said that the Lord would help us with the language and it would become like music to our ears.  He also blessed us that we would grow to love the Philippine people; which I am sure we will.  I guess we are now officially full time missionaries.   He also blessed me that I need not worry about mother.  The Lord will bless her and things will work out for the best.

Tomorrow we start back to SLC.  We will go as far as St. George where we plan to go to the Temple in the evening and then travel the rest of the way on Wednesday.

Our farewell Sacrament Meeting

March 26, 2014.

Sunday, March 23, we spoke in Sacrament Meeting.  I spoke about why I was serving a mission.  I spoke about how I have felt the hand of the Lord in my life and I know that he loved me because of His guidance throughout my life.  Because He loves me, I want to serve Him and one way to do that is to serve His children in the Philippines.  Norman also spoke how the Lord orchestrates our lives to accomplish His purposes.  We received many tender mercies from the Lord over the past couple of years that have enabled us to be able to go on this mission.  Things like being able to buy our home in American Fork so that we had a place we could afford to live in after we retired and being able to have Linda's family move into our home until after we return home.

We are excited now to be on our way to the final steps of getting to the Philippines.