Carmen Bohol

The Carmen area is inland and up in the mountains. They grow lots of rice in this area. We went to church and then went to visit three of the families afterwards. Some of the members in Carmen pull their resources to come to church by renting a vehicle to bring them because they live rather far from the building. The members in this group are happy and a delight to be around.

Transportation for one family

Some of the members we  visited

Walking the path to their homes

The rice harvest is over and the fields are dry. They are having a drought in this area.
Some of the areas are without water. Which makes it hard for the missionaries to bath
 and especially to flush any toilets there are.

Visiting at the home. Two other families joined us.

This little boy pulled a rock around that was tied to a piece of rope.
He never tired of pulling the rock around. And then he found  another toy to
entertain himself. A plastic bag tied to a stick that one of the older children had.

 

Dad visiting a missionary before the baptism.
The Carmen group travels to Pillar for baptisms. 

Baptismal fonts are outside in these areas. They are in the mountains and so not
close to the ocean. The groups who do not have fonts often use the ocean. 
You can see how dry the grass is. Pillar is also having a drought.

A small truck load of people who came to the baptism

Carmen is a small group. Not big enough to be a branch yet.
These are some of the members who were able to make the trip
for the baptism.

Visiting the missionaries apartment in Pillar to fix the missionaries bicycles.