February 16
Following is the subject link of interest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVwNsyiMTMI
This event happened a while back, before we arrived in December. This video reminds me of the Sacramento Temple video that we all previously shared. In this video, note the new Stake center, walled complex and patron’s quarters. The mission president and wife will have a new mission office on this complex as well as offices for family history.
Everyone in Cebu knows about the Temple. I met a neighbor on my daily walk who commented, “your church bought the most expensive property in town for your Temple.” The perception by the typical Filipino is that the LDS Church is very rich. I’m inclined to counter that the Catholic Church, with 85% of the Cebu Province is much, much more rich, but that would be in poor taste. In company with Bro. Checkett and Mayhaw, from BYU-Hawaii, we visited with Louie Punzalan, SVD, MA, Presidential Assistant for External Affairs for the University of San Carlos (USC). Louie commented, my gosh, your temple looks like it was build to withstand a nuclear blast. These good brethren were visiting USC to explore partnering relationships. BYU-H doesn’t have any post-graduate programs and are having Philippine students who don’t return to their home country. To head this off, Checkett and party are exploring options for LDS students to return to their home country with BYU credits that would be transferable to USC. We had a very interesting visit with Louie, quite an entertaining may. We also visited the Academy for Creative Enterprise (ACE) and as we entered their complex were met with all the returned missionary students standing on the entry singing “Called to Serve.” ACE has an entrepreneurial program funded by LDS contributors living in the U.S.
Today I’m teaching the Career Workshop to 12 missionaries who are home bound, having served honorable missions.
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