Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Getting foreign missionaries to Manila

Hello again wonderful parents! 

We said goodbye to your beautiful children. How we love them! We have shed so many tears during this hurried and abrupt farewell. We realize that this is our final goodbye to many of these beloved missionaries. Missionaries who built the righteous and hard working culture that the Philippines Laoag Mission is now known for. We are excited they are going to see you now. We hope that we will see many of these great missionaries back again...

All the foreign missionaries from the Laoag Mission are now approaching Manila and it looks like the curfew will not stop them. The first group should arrive around midnight and the second group around 2 a.m..They will spend the night in the MTC so they will get some rest and good food before they head out. Our Americans and Canadians will be on a charter flight to the U.S. tomorrow our time, but I don't know what they will do from there. I'm sure the missionary travel department will have it all figured out and hopefully they will inform you of the itinerary...Our other foreign missions are receiving their flights one by one and will fly out tomorrow as well. 

This has been a tiring two days for all of us. Just trying to travel through this country during a crisis like this is so very difficult. Your sons and daughters have had great attitudes and have shown such remarkable Christlike attributes. You are going to welcome home some incredible Saints. 

May the Lord bless you now and always. We love you through your amazing children!

President (and Sister) Peterson


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