A date interupted!

Tuesdays is the day that the clinic has minor surgeries and their training classes in basic healthcare for non-medical missionaries going to unreached people groups. This Tuesday was an introduction for this years class. That being said Allan finished early in the morning, went with Scott to the bank and then they met Cindy(Scott's wife) at the mall. Allan and I had some shopping to do including groceries because no self respecting mall in the Philippines isn't anchored by a grocery store. This mall is called Santa Lucia and it is the closest to us--about 30-40 minutes. We go here almost weekly for our groceries and other items we might need that we find at the bookstore or hardware store. Isn't this what your mall has--Ace hardware and a grocery store? These malls are actually huge and the 4th or 5th floor is always a wonderland of video games and a movie cinema. Since Cindy was picking the kids up from school, Allan and I decided to get some lunch and go see a movie. We saw "The Great Raid" A great true story about the rescuing of 500 POWs held here on Luzon by the Japanese after the Bataan death march during WW2. I highly recommend it. I think it has had a bigger hype here than in the states becasue it is about the Philippines.
So Allan and I are sitting in the movie, which by the way cost us less that $2 a piece, when my cell phone rings. It's Emily telling me the boxes we shipped from the US have arrived and they won't let Scott or Cindy sign for them so can she? Here we are 40 minutes away and our stuff from the US has arrived, but they won't leave it. I texted Scott and Cindy and asked them if they could contact Ling Ling our nurse. She was the cosignee on our shipment. Scott texted back that everything was fine they let Emily sign. So we live in the same walled yard as the Nelsens and they couldn't sign, but they let our 10 year old with no id sign for delivery. Something just isn't right about that. This is typical of how things work here. We have been told to never ask why. It is a good lesson. Everything arrived here intact. We have one picture frame with broken glass, but that was all. All our stuff is finally here so I guess there is no going back. We are "home". If only that empty shell in Greenwood would sell.