Undas

pictures:

*at the cemetery with Shaina (her sister died a year and a half ago and her headstone is the one on top)

*doesn't everyone meditate in the middle of the street at night like Sister Stewart and Shaina do?!?

*Sister Ferrer and Sister Stewart do a LOT of walking in their rubber shoes 

email:

sydney.stewart@missionary.org

snail mail:

Sister Sydney Stewart

Antipolo Mission Office

Ligtasan St., Brgy. San Roque

Antipolo City 1870

Philippines

Magandang araw po sa inyong lahat!! Kamusta po kayo? Masaya ako dito sa Pilipinas!!! Nakikita namin ang maraming himala at biyaya araw araw. 

Ok, sure, I'll speak English... How are y'all?? I'm just chillin' here at an internet cafe in the Philippines. This week we had Undas, or All Souls Day, on November 1. This is like their Halloween but completely different. It's pretty much a party at the cemetery. It's awesome! They took a couple weeks before to deep clean the grave sights and get it all ready, and then on the 1st they cook a ton of food (because food is everything here) and they live at the cemetery for the whole day. Some people stay for the whole night too. It was really cool because they all put candles out and flowers so the whole cemetery just lights up! I made my companion walk through the cemetery with me:) I was overwhelmed with joy just seeing all these families together so happy. It seems like half of our area is a cemetery, by the way. Each grave sight is like a house. So it looks just like a neighborhood but nope... it's all cemetery. Some are literally like mansions. 

Anyways, other than that it was a pretty normal week (but also not normal at all, of course, because we are missionaries in the Philippines). We had another service project at Brother Armando's land and it was awesome as usual. 

I love you all! Let me know if there is anything I can do for you!

Sister Stewart