Bob at Lutopan Meeting House
Road to Lutopan Meeting House
Sunday, October 16, 2005
We were up early to get ready to leave. The sun rises about 5:30 a.m. here so we have good light for an early drive. We left home about 6 and enjoyed the trip up over the mountains again. There is very little traffic and the scenery is lovely along the “Trans Central Highway.” We arrived at the Toledo chapel about 7:45 a.m. and people were just starting to arrive for their 8:00 a.m. meetings. We saw Elders Tatua and Morales who were picking up ward missionaries to go on splits with them. Then Elder Cocos and Cyril (pronounced surreal) arrived to guide us to Lutopan. Then Elder Stoker – the Zone Leader and his companion came. We delivered the box of blenders we had brought to them. (The Area Medical Office wants every missionary apartment to have a good blender and we are to encourage them to make smoothies from the abundant local fruit in an effort to improve their health.)
Soon we were on our way up a new (to us) road into the mountains. We went a much shorter distance than we expected and after a quick turn down a tiny little lane (we wondered about taking the car down there) and pulling into a little driveway in front of the Church meeting house – we were there. Elder Cocos and Cyril took off and hired a motor bike to go and tell the Branch President we were there and he arrived shortly. The meeting house is a converted house with the most fascinating bamboo panels on all the inside walls – very appealing.
