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58 viewsMy beautiful mom before we left Kona.
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57 viewsWe flew to Kona, on the Big Island, to visit with my cousin, Lois. Mom looked so pretty with the little orchid in her hair.
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50 viewsLook out! I'm gonna show you how to drive this sucker!
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45 viewsHaving a delicious lunch overlooking the bay in Kona.
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31 viewsThis was my hotel room.
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23 views Of course, we had to go into the water. This is Karen, her sister, Julie, and me.
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18 viewsI found a picture of my brother, Michael, with a group of people from the church. He had been there a few years earlier.
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16 viewsThis is such a classic photo of my mom. She was dedicating this building to her son, Michael, who had died before the trip.
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14 viewsI loved these colorful jeepneys, a popular mode of transportation in the Philippines.
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13 viewsAfter a few days, we drove farther north, right on the South China Sea, to dedicate a building that was built for my brother Michael.
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13 viewsAfter leaving the campground, we went to one of the churches CMM sponsors.
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13 viewsThis is Jorge, the director of the trip, and I am putting my life on the line with him driving this thing.
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13 viewsThis time I wasn't afraid to see Jorge in the driver's seat! = (
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12 viewsTo get to the camp we had to go in by jeep. That's my cute mom in the front seat.
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12 viewsThe tricycles, bikes with side seats, were the most popular type of transportation.
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12 viewsWe've hit the souvenir shops. I loved my hat.
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12 viewsAnother cute little gal.
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11 viewsAnother view of the church with the welcome sign out front.
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11 viewsI turned around and this man was coming toward me.
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11 viewsThis little one wasn't real happy about having her picture taken.
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11 viewsHave hat, will travel!
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11 viewsLeaving the Philippine Islands.
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10 viewsThere were a lot of cooking pots around.
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10 viewsThey had something cooking here.
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10 viewsHey! Back at cha, dude!
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10 viewsI didn't see too many of these new ones. I loved the yellow.
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10 viewsOur time in the Philippines is over, and we are headed to the airport.
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10 viewsHow old was this plane? Well, it had OVAL windows. I haven't seen those for years.
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9 viewsThese are some of the students.
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9 viewsOur first view overlooking an inlet in the South China Sea.
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9 viewsA bunch of the campers posing surrounding my mom.
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9 viewsWhat I noticed when taking this photo was that the woman was doing all of the work while the man was RESTING! = )
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9 viewsThis was the kitchen area.
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9 viewsAll of the jeepneys were so colorful.
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9 viewsLook at this....a Safeway store in the Philippines. Who knew!
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9 viewsDecisions...decisions. Which one should I get!
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9 viewsGetting ready for another wild ride!
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9 viewsWe got to take a ride in one of these horse-drawn carriages.
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9 viewsWe saw this sign on the way to the airport. Awesome!
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9 viewsSaying some goodbyes.
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9 viewsThese guys were so small, I think she was a little nervous that they would drop her!
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9 viewsAfter that plane experience, it was so good to see our hotel.
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9 viewsWe had a group photo taken before we all parted ways.
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8 viewsThis is my sister-in-law, Karen Fontana. She was Michael's wife, my brother, and she was the guest speaker.
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8 viewsThis was our whole group with the graduating class.
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8 viewsMy sweet mom speaking to the audience.
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8 viewsIt "ain't" easy getting out of one of those jeeps.
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8 viewsThis is the building they had built at the campground.
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8 viewsThese little kids were just so cute.
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8 viewsI caught this one when she wasn't looking. She is just so adorable.
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8 viewsNow going over this bridge was a bit scary.
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8 viewsThe fruit from these markets was wonderful.
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8 viewsOne last photo before we leave.
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8 viewsMy mom......so pretty.
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8 viewsIt was sad having to say goodbye to this wonderful family.
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8 viewsA strange thing happened when we landed in Manilla. The flight attendant got off of the plane, the pilots got off, and we were left to fend for ourselves. AND we weren't even close to the terminal! Geesh Louise!
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8 viewsI took this from my hotel room balcony. Look at this traffic!
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8 viewsThis is mom on the Wiki Wiki bus that takes you around the airport in Honolulu.
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7 viewsSeveral years ago, I went with my mom and several others to the Philippines. We were there to celebrate the first CMM graduating class.
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7 viewsThis goo in the sand was like tar, and really hard to get off of our feet!
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7 views I had fun getting a picture with a lot of the girls.
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7 viewsThis was a typical scene we saw along the roads.
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7 viewsSome of the younger children weren't quite sure who we were! It took awhile to get smiles out of them.
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7 viewsI always wondered how they could sit like this for such a long time. I tried it....it hurt!
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7 viewsI was so surprised when he stopped and let me get a picture of him...smiling.
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7 viewsRUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
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7 viewsWe have gone back to Laoag City for some sightseeing.
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7 viewsOnce in a while, we saw people traveling back and forth with these horse-drawn wagons.
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7 viewsBelieve it or not, this was a Shell gas station.
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7 viewsHer father was the driver of this bike, and she kept peeking around the side to see if I was still there.
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7 viewsAhhhh...they were so cute.
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7 viewsJust taking all of my firearms out of my pockets!
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7 viewsThe only plane available to fly us back to Manilla was this old German plane. I wasn't a happy camper because it looked ready to fall apart!
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7 viewsThis time our experience at the airport was much better.
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5 viewsThis is such a classic photo of my mom. She was dedicating this building to her son, Michael, who had died before the trip.
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2 viewsOne last kiss goodbye.
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1 viewsEven this little guy was sad to see us go.
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1 viewsThey had to strap mom into this contraption in order to get her on the plane.
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