I would add to Bates's comments that the Ilagan mission is about as far away from the "trouble" in the Philippines as you can get. Most of the more violent agitators in the Philippines are in the southern part of the country, while Ilagan mission is in the far north. Your brother will be working with a lot of kind, gentle, and humble people. He has nothing to fear from them. In addition, I know the mission president is very protective of his missionaries! Most importantly, your brother will be in the Lord's care. You have nothing to worry about.
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well said Bates. The place is a wonderfull and the missionaries are well taken care of. I served in Ilagan mission and loved it. My brother is in now in the city of Bacolod in southern Philippines and loves it, and has been treated very well.
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Hi there,
Well, I'm pleased to hear that another lucky person is being assigned to such a great mission. I, personally, feel that the Ilagan mission is one of the best places to be assigned within the Philippines Archipelago. I served in the Ilagan Mission from 1997-1999. From my experience, you should put your worries aside. The Ilagan mission is quite safe, especially for LDS missionaries. Mail and packages will arrive, just mark them inconspicuously and seal them well. During the Holiday season, Christmas, packages might take longer to arrive, so it's best to send them slightly earlier than normal.
Your brother has nothing to fear serving in the Ilagan mission, or in the Philippines. I returned after my mission to live in the Philippines for a couple more years. I spent time in the provinces of Cagayan and in a couple cities of Metro Manila.
Also, whether or not you belive as your brother does, I should think it wise to place your faith in the Lord's ability to protect those who serve Him faithfully. Fear not, your brother will be fine. Pray for him, send him many letters and packages and he will have a happy, fulfilling time serving in the Ilagan mission. I know I did.
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I reveived the message below from somebody through the mission web page comments section. She was worried about thier brother who will be going to our mission. I wrote a response to her, but I thought she might want to get more than one person's views.
Matt Blake
> Hi..
>
> My brother will be send in Ilagan mission...
> He is a true member and he is excited about being send there..
> I am not into the church and I am really pissed and worried about him
> being send there...
> Is this place a safe place...My husband is in the navy and with all the
> terrosrism going around in your country I don't like knowing that my
> brother will be serving there..He is the most important thing to me and i
> don't need to know that he might be exposed to danger.
> Will he be safe? and if yes??how sure are you...
> Will mail and packages arrived in one piece or are things that we will
> send him disapear?
> Please let me know how things are going there and if his protection will
> be assured..
> tahnks very much.
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Mga kakabsat ko sa ilagan mission. Miss ko na kayong lahat .Hope to hear from you all real soon........just drop me a line please.......take care and God bless...
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Just to let everyone know that our family webpage has been updated.
Bates.
Advanced Happy Thanksgiving Day and Christmas to all.
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i'm so grateful that our website has been upgraded into a very wonderful layout... it's a wonderful thing to know everyone here.. eventhough they don't know you and me...years has pass by all of us have grown into what we want and into different levels,,, some succeded some are not.. some forgets you some still remembers...... and you're one of them.. see you then...
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I like this iit is nice to see everyone.... It's getting cold in UTAH! Hope to start seeing everyone soon in here!
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There is a restraunt in salt lake that serves really good authentic filipino food called boon dooks if you haven't yet eaten there go you will enjoy it. we should all get together that live around here and go sometime
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This board is cool. Saying hi to all my friends. Christmas is getting close. Can you feel it? A year is coming to a close. Can you feel it? A new year is about to begin. I love that feeling. How many short days remain before another year begins? Time flies. Enjoy it.
Bates
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Does naybody know a phone number where I could contact someone from bambang? I used to have Bro. sasabans cell number, but nobody answers it anymore. My wife was wanting to contact him on her vacation home.
KIRK
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I'm fine with this message board, it works just as well as the old one, without the porn, and now you always know who is saying what.... honestly I couldn't figure out who was posting some of those messages before, cause I don't know the nicknames.
By the way, my wife is going home to the philippines on sunday for a visit.
KIRK
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If you want to read messages from the old message board, you can find a link to the old website under the links section.
If it turns out that people don't like this message board we could switch back to the old message board or find another solution. In the past, we had a couple of problems with someone posting links to pron sites. One nice thing about this one is that you need to be registered to post.
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Whatever happened to the old message board?
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I'd like to say that I'm very impressed with this new website.
I'd like to remind the webmasters that President Edgardo Paat would be released next year, and he has not been acknowledge in this website as a president of the mission.
Thank you very much.
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