Medellin, Cebu

[Second area]
August 12, 2004–March 10, 2005

Adam and Elder Johnson’s necklaces: We made a lot of necklaces for service projects in Medellin. This is called tuhoging.
The Bogo zone chillin’ on a tree
Adam chillin’ on a tree

A coconut: I loved eating and drinking coconuts! The Cebuano word for coconut is butong.
Adam in a field
A karabao in mud

Adam and Podoy: Podoy was considered my brother because he was born the night I got to Medellin, which was August 12, 2004.
Adam in a coconut tree
The ugly kitten: I loved messing around with three of these kittens!

A kitten hanging out
An Inday: “Inday” means “little girl”.
Chicken feet

Adam holding a puso: I made this! My good friend, Flor, taught me how to make it. You put rice in it and cook it.
Puso
Adam displaying Podoy’s teeth

Adam in sugar cane
Elder Johnson, Ara, Mary Mae, Lea, and Adam: All of these girls got baptized this day.
A bunch of little kids

Trigun girl
Adam wearing an orange hat: One of the young women, Mariclie, borrowed this hat from her friend, and I liked it so I wore it.
Adam with a karabao

Flor, Adam, Elder Johnson, and Emelie in front of the fountain: This was around Christmas time. Medellin had such awesome decorations for Christmas!
Enjoyable cockfighting
A bunch of people at Emelie’s baptism

Emelie and Adam
Adam and a resting dog
Emelie, Adam, Elder Green, and Jerame

Adam with kids in Batang: You really can’t tell in this picture, but Batang is filled with kids and they’d always come running towards us whenever we went through there. It was crazy!
Adam at Mutual: Mutual was always the highlight of my week. I especially loved the games! As you can tell by the sweat on our faces, we just finished playing a game.
Adam holding up two chickens: I got to participate in the slaughtering of a chicken!

Three dead chickens
Podoy and Adam on their six-month mark!
Emelie, Flor, and Gina

Adam at Julie’s Bakeshop: I loved Julie’s Bakeshop! The bread there is so good! Much better than the bread in America!
Adam relaxing in Medellin
Sunset

Adam battling Podoy: Sibling rivalry
Flor battling Podoy
The wilderness of Caputatan Norte

Emelie and Jen-Jen
Adam ready for bed: One of the members who would help us a lot, Gabby, gave me this cow sweatshirt because I asked for it.
Our bedroom: My bed was the one on the right.

Our kitchen
Our bathroom: Bathrooms are normally called CRs in the Philippines, and that stands for “Comfort Room”.
Our study area

Just outside our apartment: This is Lamintak Sur.
Adam with a crazy guy: This guy was literally crazy. He would walk around town talking really fast, saying random things.
Elder Green with blue teeth

Adam’s last night in Medellin: I was actually pretty sick throughout my whole last day in Medellin.

Adam and Elder Johnson’s necklaces: We made a lot of necklaces for service projects in Medellin. This is called tuhoging.	The Bogo zone chillin’ on a tree	Adam chillin’ on a tree
A coconut: I loved eating and drinking coconuts! The Cebuano word for coconut is butong.	Adam in a field	A karabao in mud
Adam and Podoy: Podoy was considered my brother because he was born the night I got to Medellin, which was August 12, 2004.	Adam in a coconut tree	The ugly kitten: I loved messing around with three of these kittens!
A kitten hanging out	An Inday: “Inday” means “little girl”.	Chicken feet
Adam holding a puso: I made this! My good friend, Flor, taught me how to make it. You put rice in it and cook it.	Puso	Adam displaying Podoy’s teeth
Adam in sugar cane	Elder Johnson, Ara, Mary Mae, Lea, and Adam: All of these girls got baptized this day.	A bunch of little kids
Trigun girl	Adam wearing an orange hat: One of the young women, Mariclie, borrowed this hat from her friend, and I liked it so I wore it.	Adam with a karabao
Flor, Adam, Elder Johnson, and Emelie in front of the fountain: This was around Christmas time. Medellin had such awesome decorations for Christmas!	Enjoyable cockfighting	A bunch of people at Emelie’s baptism
Emelie and Adam	Adam and a resting dog	Emelie, Adam, Elder Green, and Jerame
Adam with kids in Batang: You really can’t tell in this picture, but Batang is filled with kids and they’d always come running towards us whenever we went through there. It was crazy!	Adam at Mutual: Mutual was always the highlight of my week. I especially loved the games! As you can tell by the sweat on our faces, we just finished playing a game.	Adam holding up two chickens: I got to participate in the slaughtering of a chicken!
Three dead chickens	Podoy and Adam on their six-month mark!	Emelie, Flor, and Gina
Adam at Julie’s Bakeshop: I loved Julie’s Bakeshop! The bread there is so good! Much better than the bread in America!	Adam relaxing in Medellin	Sunset
Adam battling Podoy: Sibling rivalry	Flor battling Podoy	The wilderness of Caputatan Norte
Emelie and Jen-Jen	Adam ready for bed: One of the members who would help us a lot, Gabby, gave me this cow sweatshirt because I asked for it.	Our bedroom: My bed was the one on the right.
Our kitchen	Our bathroom: Bathrooms are normally called CRs in the Philippines, and that stands for “Comfort Room”.	Our study area
Just outside our apartment: This is Lamintak Sur.	Adam with a crazy guy: This guy was literally crazy. He would walk around town talking really fast, saying random things.	Elder Green with blue teeth
	Adam’s last night in Medellin: I was actually pretty sick throughout my whole last day in Medellin.