Taoist Temple Trip

Sisters on stairs at Taoist Temple



Gloria and Sister Balita with Dragon at entrance to Taoist Temple





This morning four of the sister missionaries – Sisters Olpin, Temblor, Balita and Kioa and a young ward missionary and I went to the Taoist Temple here in Cebu. It is only a few minutes drive from the Mission Office and is a place of beauty and serenity on a hill overlooking the city. We had fun talking and taking pictures and enjoying the clean air, the colorful buildings and the peaceful, park-like grounds. Wealthy Chinese families have built it – a series of large and small buildings – and maintain the buildings and the grounds. They are open to the public free of charge and quite a gift to the city. Very few people were there on Monday morning. It was a pleasure to be with the sisters and to get to know them better and to be in such a calm and lovely environment. In one of the ponds they had several turtles that I enjoyed watching and photographing. Afterwards, we walked down the hill and back to the mission office, resolving to do this more often – get together and see the sights of the city.