PREPARATION DAY AT TAGAYTAY AND THE PEOPLE'S PARK!!!

Our Zone Leaders planned a day away for the residents of the "Celestial Compound"; Elder and Sister Peterson, Sisters Torres and Deluyan, and Elders Langer and Hart. I packed a picnic lunch and off we went, all six of us in our car. I drove, with the two Sisters in front with me and the three Elders in the back seat. Yes, we were a bit squished, but we were on our way to have a great day and we were all excited. It was very warm in Naic when we left and I wondered why our Sisters and Elder Hart were dressed more warmly than the other three of us, I soon found out. As we drove through Tagaytay City and started up the mountain to The Peoples Park, it started to mist, the further up we went the more mist and then fog and wind. When we reached the top and parked near the markets, we were seemingly all alone, except for the market keepers. When we opened the car door we were hit with a blast of cold wet air, Elder Peterson and I decided to stay in the car until the weather cleared, we hoped within an hour. Our young, adventuresome Elders and Sisters ventured out to the markets, in spite of the cold and wet and thus began our delightfully fun day.

I joined Sister Deluyan, Sister Torres and Elder Hart, as they shopped for bright T-shirts - they picked some very nice ones.

Elder Hart, Sister Torres, Elder Langer and Sister Deluyan agreed to let me take their picture, in spite of the "not so nice" weather. Elder Langer was especially cold, but truly weathered the storm so I could commit this day to memory.

From left to right, heading up the hill to catch the jeepney are Elder Peterson, Sister Peterson, Sister Torres and Sister Deluyan. Sister Deluyan is happy, happy, happy, she comes from Bagio and it is very cold there, guess she is used to it.

We don't look miserable do we? We were laughing and having so much fun that it really didn't occur to us that we should be miserable. Here we are in the jeepney, headed up the hill to The Peoples Park. Sister Peterson, Elder Peterson, Sister Torres, Sister Deluyan and Elder Hart. Elder Langer took out photo.

Well here is what we saw when we reached the top, and this was the clearest it was all of the time we were there. What you are seeing is a lake and the island in the center is a volcano.

The awesome view is behind us, but we needed to stop for this photo opportunity. Do we look cold? Truthfully, we were all afraid that we would be blown over the cliff behind us, Elder Hart almost was.

Here we are, all crammed into the car, ready for our picnic. Elder Peterson is behind the two Sisters.

Can you imagine having a picnic in a small car with six people and two coolers? Well, nothing was going to keep us from enjoying our picnic, not even the cold, wet, windy weather.

The walls were covered with these gorgeous morning glories.

Here is Elder Peterson, standing in the middle of his least favorite thing to do - shop. He was such a good sport, in spite of being miserable from the weather.

WOW, WHAT A VIEW!!!

This was so much fun, I added another picture of us, before we were blown over the cliff.

Elder Peterson and I alongside the jeepney. See the driver inside?

Here it is, our transportation to The Peoples Park, and only 40p for all six of us. Of course, the ride was less than a mile.

Where could you find a more guapo threesome? Anywhere you say, Naah!!!

Who said a day of fun and frolic doesn't wear a person out. All of my passengers were asleep. ZZZZZZZ

Well, that's all for now folks.

TTFN,
Elder and Sister Peterson