things going on, one of which is Cody's baby sister graduating
from High School. I'm sure he would have loved to have
been here for it, but he will just get to hear all about it
and look at pictures. Congrats baby girl!
I wanted to kind of make a list of things that we learned while talking to Cody on the phone. Since you all didn't get to experience what a thrill it was to actually talk to him and hear his voice and that strong foreign accent that he already has. We had a wonderful visit with him and it went all to fast.....all hour and 1/2 of it! Maybe some of the things on this list you would have had to actually hear the conversation to get the humor in it, but suffice it to say that his sisters kept the conversation lively at times.
1. He called from the Salazar Family's home, member with 4 kids, one serving a mission in the
Philippines. They frequently feed the missionaries lunch and dinner.
2. Hot, June rainy season
3. Cody now carries toilet paper in his backpack because of a little mishap of a companion not
making it back home because of the Church Bldg. not having toilet paper.
4. His apt. is a 2 bedroom, 2 CR (comfort room, ask Heidi what she calls it), living room, kitchen
with cooking facilities of 2 burner propane stove and a rice cooker.
5. Cody's feet and legs hang over the end of his bed, beds smaller and he taller.
6. Meals are rice & toppings, different meats, use lots of vinegar and soy sauce, has learned the
technic to eating rice with his hands.
7. Has eaten Balut 3 times (whatever is he thinking), intestines (he THINKS pig)
8. Eat lots of dried fish, put in sun to dry and cook.
9. Balut crunches when you bite it, ie: bones and beak, tastes like a mix between boiled egg and
chicken, not bad with lots of vinegar and salt. (I'll take his word for it)
10. He gets call "Joe" alot. They call Americans "Joe"
11. He is really really tan, but is really really white still compared to them.
12. Work, eat, sleep, repeat........
13. Right now he is about a 1 hr. walk to the beach
14. Maintaining his weight but has gained...... 145 when left, now up to 160
15. Is allowed to play 1/2 court basketball
16. See lots of water buffalo, they are used for work
17. Lots and lots of stray dogs running around, look different than ours, have a stripe
18. Have a McDonalds, better than here and they serve rice and chicken too!
19. Cows look different than ours
20. Lots of goats, goats are a delicacy on fancy occasions
21. Bananas are smaller and sweeter, much better than ours, mangos are to die for and lots of
pineapple juice.
22. Filter all drinking water
23. Given worm medicine every 6 months
24. Has own pillow given from mission home and takes with him entire mission
25. Lots of big cockroaches, kids tie them to strings and play with
26. Rats running around in and out of houses the size of cats
27. Don't knock on doors since most house don't have them, stand at fence and holler something
that translated to "people".
28. Very friendly, will always tell you where their house is but then will hide from you cause
they are too nice to tell you no.
29. No middle school or junior high, graduate from High School at age 16.
30. College, still live at home, kind of like our High School.
31. A good job would be like McDonalds, fishermen, tricycle drivers, jeepney drivers.
32. No "C" in their alphabet..... a b k d ng lots of english and spanish words
33. Everyone knows Tagalog, he knows some of the Ilitano language too
34. Sac Mtg. attendance approx. 120 - Cupang big ward, High Priests about 5 or 6 besides the
4 missionaries, 5-10 Young Men
35. Families live together or in very close proximity, tiny little cement houses, dirt floors (tile
floors if rich)
36. Shower is a bucket & Scoop
37. We have tanning lotion here, they have whitening lotion there (we thought this hilarious)
38. Bucket & piece of wood to do laundry, 2 "Nannas" get paid for doing it.
39. He uses umbrella to keep sun off
40. Philippines called the Mexico of Asia, look more Spanish than Asian
41. Our CTR is PAT there
42. Don't Celebrate Easter, have Holy Week. Christmas is huge there, celebrate for long time,
birthdays are a BIG celebration day too.
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