Exhausted in August
Well, I have to say that we went from one end of the spectrum in our temple service to the other in August. For the first part of the month of August, the temple was still closed so we spent some time on exploring, (Bruce working), cleaning, etc. That actually took a lot of time and effort. The second half of August, we worked our fanny's off serving in the temple. The Temple Presidency asked us to help out a bit more with some changes being made so instead of our normal 35 hours or so, we upped it to 50-60 hours the last two weeks. We got home last night (August 31) and went to bed early. I felt like I was back in Japan when I was serving as a young man in the Fukuoka Mission, going all day and then into the evening. Enough whining, let me share with you some of the highlights of this wonderfully exhausting month. I hope I can convey the love we have felt, and the love we do feel being on our mission. We just love being here in Manila and have felt it a blessing in ou...