This is a very nice, new building. It even has air conditioning (but it’s
off most of the time because it gets too cold)! This building was completed
at the beginning of February and will be dedicated on March 12th. At least
four wards can meet in here, it looks like, but right now only two wards
occupy the building. The top floor of the two-story building has the Chapel
and cultural hall. The ground floor has the Stake and Ward offices and
classrooms. This ward meets at 1:30 pm and starts with Sacrament Meeting.
So, I’ve not seen very much of the building, yet.

The woman speaking is talking about strengthening families and speaking in
English. That’s a bonus. Oops — she’s bearing her testimony in Tagalog.
That’s also OK. There are about 130 people here for the meeting. They were
all here as the meeting started. No one came in after the sacrament except
for a couple of mothers who had taken their fussy children out. That’s also
impressive. The missionaries have several people investigating the Church
here as well.

There is no organ — just an electronic piano. If I can, I’ll take a look
at it later to see what capability it has. This is also the Stake Center,
so Stake Conferences would be held here. The piano would need to be a whole
bunch louder for conference! I’m having a good day at Church!
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