I'm in Manila! It sure is hot here. And humid! I was told that the humidity was bad, but nothing can prepare a person for that first step out of the airport. But I'm glad I'm here. I'm excited. I'm at the Missionary Reception Center right now (I got here yesterday), and we leave tomorrow. Traveling here was a new and interesting experience. There were five of us traveling together: Elder Swingler, Elder Kopp, me, Elder Bush, and Elder Danielson. We left the MTC at 4:00 pm and went to the Salt Lake City airport. Elder Kopp's family met us there. While they visited, I phoned home. I talked to everyone but Jenny and Rob. It was nice to hear their voices again. They're doing well. We left Salt Lake at 7:00 and flew to Los Angeles, where Elder Swingler's family met him. I don't like LAX. I didn't like it the first time I was there, and I liked it even less this time. We had to walk a long way with all our luggage to get to the EVA Airway terminal. And when we got there, we found out that the Church had given us weekday tickets. Since it was Saturday, we each to to pay $21 extra. The flight from LA to Taipei, Taiwan was 14 hours, but it was pretty cool. It was a huge plane. It was a Boeing 747-400. And we flew Deluxe Class. Very comfortable, and the food was okay. Each seat had its own radio and TV.
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Hanging out in Taiwan |
I just found out that I have to wake up at 2:30 in the morning. I'll finish this later.
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