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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Today we had the great opportunity of going to Elder Oaks office and attending Pres. & Sis. Perez's setting apart as the new mission president. We went there earlier and ate lunch together at the church office building cafeteria. The food was pretty good. After eating we went upstairs (26th floor) of the building and enjoyed the view from the top. Here's the pictures we took.
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Before the setting apart we had a chance to talk with Elder Oaks. We were introduced one by one and we got to talk for a little bit. Elder Oaks set apart Pres Perez and Elder Tingey set apart Sis. Perez. It was a wonderful experience to be there and felt the spirit. Andrew made some noise but it wasn't too bad. We were not planning on taking him with us but we didn't find a babysitter for him. We took pictures outside of Elder Oaks office after. We got to shake Elder Oaks & Elder Tingey's hands so was Andrew and Elder Oaks gave Andrew a kiss. I hope Andrew was old enough to remember it but I can tell him all about these later..
While waiting to go inside Elder Oaks office we met Elder Robert D. Hales (one of the apostles) and Elder Sheldon Child of the first quorum of the Seventy. Elder Child still remembers me. When I served as cook in the mission home ( Cagayan de Oro Mission) Elder & Sis Child were one of the visiting area authorities and they loved all the Filipino food i cooked for them. I even remember after they ate, they would come to the kitchen and talk to me to thank me for the food and gave me words of inspirations. It was a wonderful experience for me and it feels good to know that until now they remember me.
After the setting apart we did a session in the Salt Lake Temple. It was great to have the chance to do it again. The last time we did a session in Slat Lake Temple was on our wedding day (June 8, 2005). They do live session at the Salt Lake Temple, it took a little bit longer but it was a wonderful experience! We ate @ Thaifoon Restaurant for Daniel's birthday @ Gateway Hotel In Salt Lake after doing the session..
