40 Years and beyond . . . .

We celebrated our 40th Anniversary on April 19th by going out to dinner at The Spiral Restaurant in the Hotel Sofitel on Manila Bay.  We were able to witness another beautiful sunset on the bay.

Someone graciously asked if we would like them to take our picture.  So here we are.

The Spiral Restaurant in the Hotel Sofitel is supposed to be pretty nice and is not far from our apartment. We had a little trouble finding a restaurant that was open because of the Easter holidays. Almost all of them were closed on Thursday and Friday and some were still closed on Saturday.

Anna and the Easter Bunny

We had not planned to celebrate our 40th anniversary in the Philippines but here we are. This week we will also pass the half way point on our Mission. In some ways it has gone by fast and in some ways very slowly.  It has not been what we expected but I guess that it never is. We have had some great spiritual experiences and we have had some struggles. We love the Filipino people and being with the young Missionaries.

We told the restaurant that it was our 40th anniversary when we made the reservation, but we weren't expecting this nice memento.  In fact, we had asked for the bill and kept waiting and waiting for them to bring it.  Then they surprised us with this chocolate mousse dessert with the words "Happy 40th Anniversary" written in chocolate syrup.  So nice!