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.
