We rode in a jeepney for our first time with about 18 other people. We were packed in, good thing the Filipinos are small. We talked to the girls who were all about 19-23 yrs old and members of the YSA Ward that meets in the building next to the MPIR. It was fun to ride in the jeepney. We joked with the girls about the air conditioning and the first class accommodations. They seemed to enjoy it and laughed along with us. The Filipinos are always smiling and seem to enjoy life no matter what.
The ride was bumpy. I don't think they have any shocks. I asked how much it costs to ride a jeepney and was told 8 pesos. At first I thought they had said 80 pesos and they thought that was pretty funny because 80 pesos would be so much money. 8 pesos is about 20 cents. I told them that you can't buy anything in the states for 20 cents
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| The Jeepney |
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| Anna and the YSA Ward |
Stake Conference was good and we understood a lot of it because they speak a lot of English during their meetings. The songs are always in English. The Stake choir sang again and they were surprisingly good When the meetings ended everyone hangs around for a while. I asked one of the sister missionaries about it and she said that the church was the nicest building most of them had ever been in and that they are in no hurry to get home. The YSA ward had a dinner afterward and we were invited. It was some kind of pork and of course rice. It was actually quite good and Anna found out what it was called so we would know for some other time. It was pouring rain and we waited until it let up and then we all got back in a different jeepney and headed back to the MPIR and then back to our apartment. Another interesting day in the Philippines.
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