More Family Fun!

Maayong Gabii Family & Freiends

Another fantastic week has passed with much going on all the time.  The mission had Zone Conferences this week.  It was great to see President & Sister Maughan and learn from them.  The Assistants to the President and the Zone Leaders also did a great job of nourishing our desire to share the gospel and give us more tools to learn and share the gospel.

Lunch at Zone Conference

This week was also our week to watch  General Conference.  We download conference a few day after in Cebuano and play all the sessions on Saturday and Sunday. We had a great group of 90 plus attended the Sunday sessions of Conference.

This is our Branch in our humble chapel watching General Conference

Also this week was crunch week for the Sagbayan Branch Welfare Project.  So I spent the first part of the week in front of the computer crunching numbers and preparing the application for the grant we are hoping to receive from LDS Charities. It reminded me of bidding large commercial  projects at K Bell Plumbing.  The team with Sister  Bell doing the writing (something I was never very good at) and me doing the cash projection and plan to make the business part work. We work very good as a team together.

A day and a half of number crunching and business planning.

We submitted the plan on Friday and will wait to see the outcome.  We also learned from the District President today that Calape wants to submit a welfare project.  We agreed to help with the application process.  We already have all the organization and flow sheet put together and can be easily adapted to work in Calape also.

Well I am going to let Sister Bell tell you about the family visiting now.  The Hobbs are here and we are having a good time with them.  Just as we have had with the rest of the family that visits.

I love the Lord and I Love his work. May we all feel the joy of his love as we prepare for the second coming of our Lord.

Elder Bell  (Tatay, LoLo & Amigo)

Ayo Family and Friends!

It was a week filled with book work….Haven't had to write a paper like that for many years.  We hope it impresses the powers that be so that we can get the funding we want for the welfare project.  If the plan works the way it has been planned we will be able to begin a program that will really help our Sagbayan members become very self-reliant.  

On early, early (2:00 AM) Saturday morning we were able to pick up Angie, Eli, Kelby and Elliann from the airport in Cebu.  That flight is so grueling that it moves me to tears when someone makes it to come and see me.  It helps that they do not realize ahead of time how difficult the trip is, otherwise they may not actually come.  We try really hard to make it worth the sacrifice once they get here.

Here we are at the Sagbayan look-out!  Let the party begin!

Pen-Pals

Many months ago I was able to get these two girls to begin a pen-pal correspondence.  My granddaughter, Elliann and youngest daughter of President and Sister Nueva, Shakira.  The girls are the same age and they are very similar to each other.  They are both extremely shy and it took a few minutes for them to be able to actually speak to each other.  They have been writing to each other for more than a year now and looked forward to actually meeting.  They are both 13 years old and have birthdays in July.  How fun is that to get to meet your pen-pal from across the world?

It has been a great joy for us to be able to share our experiences with some of our children and grandchildren.  They have been greatly impacted by their visits.  We love that they have come and now share our love for these wonderful people.

We will keep you posted on the week of fun with the Hobbs family next week….until then, have a glorious week and enjoy your journey.  We love and appreciate all of you and the impact you have had in our lives.  

Love you forever,

Sister Bell (Mamala to all)

The land of enchantment!  So very beautiful!