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Desserts and Brunch

While in Pensacola Pop had three desserts for us to see lots of special people before we leave. Pop and Belinda made several yummy desserts and many family and friends came to visit. It was such a blessing to get to see everyone! It was sad that we also had to say goodbye to everyone, especially Pop and Belinda.

This past Friday, Mom had a brunch for me. It was so much fun to catch up with many friends!

What's the weather like in the Philippines?

There are really two season in the Philippines: Hot, and Hot & Rainy. So, it pretty much stays hot all year long, and the rainy season begins in May and ends in September. January is actually the nicest part of the year to visit the Philippines, as the temperature is in the 60's at night, and in the 70's during the day. We'd better pack a coat.

To get an idea of what the weather is like right now, scroll down the side of the page to see the latest update from weather.com.

Desserts in Pensacola

Last week, we stayed in Pensacola and had a great time seeing friends and family one last time. The ringleader of it all was my father, who organized three dessert socials for people who live in the Northwest Florida area: one with Beulah Baptist Church, one with family, and one with friends of the family. Although we hated saying goodbye to all of these folks, we enjoyed seeing all of them!

What about your stuff?

When we went over to the Philippines last April, we took two extra trunks that contained household items that we wanted to have when we arrived.

A couple of months ago, a family that we had met while we were in the Philippines let us know that they were returning to the U.S., and they asked us if we wanted some of their stuff. Things like an oven, a stove, an A/C unit, and a washing machine are some of the things that they let us buy.

So, now we are trying to cram everything else we need into the four suitcases that the airlines are allowing us to take--everything else, Ellen's parents are thankfully storing in their basement!

So, when are you leaving?

We bought our tickets a couple of days ago, and we will leave Birmingham on Feb 2. Then we have a few days of training in Los Angeles; after that, we will leave for Manila on Feb 8!

Dan's Birthday Weekend!

January 16th we celebrated Dan's 28th Birthday. The weekend was fun as we also made a trip down to Auburn to celebrate them as the National Champions!

Dan blows out his candles on his birthday chocolate pecan pie!

WAR EAGLE!! The AU flag flies high above Toomers corner! For all of you non Auburn fans, the tradition is to roll the trees of a main corner on College Street in Auburn every time the football team wins a game. The trees were rolled this weekend in honor of Auburn's 13-0 season!

Here we are in the sea of people and toilet paper!!