Dear Family & Friends,
The time is so fast and quickly coming – that we are fast reaching only eight months until we both return to the United States and conclude our missionary experience - which means only one third of our overall time left to serve. We have so many tasks and projects requiring our immediate attention to get them either started and/or fully underway and far less time than what we really need to effectively accomplish them. Workers regret might best describe what we are thinking and where we are - right now, but we will do our best and our follow-on couple will see the success. After all we are NOT doing what we are doing for ourselves but to benefit the people and lift / strengthen their spirits. I have to constantly remind myself our real brand is: “I Follow Jesus Christ – what would HE do for the people or help to improve their situation.” 

Now moving on with updates on our current pending projects – Let me first state is that Sister Morello is very passionate whenever an infant or child may be involved in the outcome. One of the projects that she was in hopes of doing, was to develop a loaner bank of infant breathing “home care” devices at one of the local hospitals, but had to reduced and changed this effort into only funding through “fast offering” the providing for one newborn, pre-mature child with an oxygen concentrator and nebulizer. This project will allow this one child to now leave the hospital care (which is very expensive) and go home. By providing these items would allow the family to return back to normal and focus on their day-to-day issues and not just, solely on this infant care. In the final analyze we have now helped one needy and deserving child and each and every child is of value to all of us, including the Lord.
We are ever grateful for the loving support of all of our family, and each of our friends. We sure love everyone, we fully appreciate your continued support and ongoing comments (I read each of them and am often mused by them), and may the Lord bless all of us.

Well its’ been a few weeks without finding time to write a message but many, many things have transpired. We are still very much learning our job and vast responsibilities in working with LDS Charities, but a number of pending projects we have been developing are beginning to come to futurity. 
Since I last wrote we have visited several proposed clean water projects: in Nagcarlan (St. Lucia), in Sagada (Northern Mountainous Area of Luzon) ; have completed the National Mass Measles/Polio Campaign with DOH; started and conducted the launch of the Infant Polio Injectable Vaccination Campaign with DOH in both Paranaque (a Suburb of Manila) and Guimbal (a Neighboring Community to Iloilo City - on Iloilo Island); have conducted several Medical Screening in the Communities of Legaspi & Naga; have visited several Meetinghouses (Chapels) in screening them as future evacuation or operational centers during natural disasters and/or emergencies; have visited our ongoing Benson Personal/Elementary School Gardening Project with one of our Church Service Missionary Couple monitoring this project – so in short we one-the-road and been busy! See several picture files…
Our assignment in LDS Charities continues to mature, many of the new projects and/or initiatives we have started since we have joined this department is now beginning to roll forth and others which had stalled and needed energized, to re-started are now in fully operation. Never any time to look around much, for the telephone keeps ringing and door keeps swinging wide open and we are in full in forward motion. Time goes far faster when you are very, very busy and fully engaged. Our transition between Public Affairs (where we formerly served) to the Humanitarian Department with LDS Charities (our new assignment) is finally becoming our new real home. We love this new work - especially we enjoy seeing the impact and value on the personal lives and futures for so many young people and children as we help them in so many differing ways. Offering a helping hand to lift and improve their lives of others is very rewarding and satisfying. We are so grateful for the loving support of our family, friends and wonderful management of this effort.
We sure love everyone, we fully appreciate your continued support and ongoing comment, and may the Lord bless each of you.

Senior Missionary Conference

Oh yes, we are awesome!

This past Monday Afternoon/Evening we held our FIRST Senior ONLY Missionary Couple Zone Conference at our Mission President's Home. Among those attending were nearly all of the thirty plus senior missionary couples, the Zone Leader Couple, the Mission President & Wife, the Area/70 & Wife, and Both Counselor's in Mission Presidency & Wives. Time was allowed for both several speakers with ending our meeting with personal missionary testimonies. Follow our official meeting we ate together on the patio of their home. Very enjoyable and enriching are the best words to describe our gathering.