Tagged with 'philippines'

Goodbye Philippines
January 22, 2010 - Manila, Philippines
Well, today we are scheduled to depart the Philippines at something around 9 PM. How exciting :) We're flying, and looking forward to making a temporary home in Phuket, Thailand. I presume it may be somewhat of a long journey, and also we're unsure of where we're really going to go, or going to end up, but hopefully I'll post here before long....
Placed by Tracy and John in Asia

Filipinos are the best people in the world.
January 11, 2010 - Manila, Philippines
We couldn't go to church yesterday because the church is located on a military medical center where they are shy of forgeiners, and aren't allowing them right now. So, the entire church, including old ladies and children, none of which really knew us except a few people, piled into vans and came to where WE were. Talk about wonderful people. We...
Placed by Tracy and John in Asia

We are so blessed to be here, taking a small part!
January 7, 2010 - Manila, Philippines
The people here are great. Today, we were so blessed to get to help a little with a children's feed. A children's feed basically constitutes of gathering supplies, putting them into a GR41 van as well as a few helping hands, and walking into a neighborhood and cooking lunch for a bunch of kids. We did this in a woman who we knew's yard in...
Placed by Tracy and John in Asia

Manila
January 3, 2010 - Manila, Philippines
We made it. We had a minor hiccup when we got here, but that basically meant that we needed to find a place to stay for the night, which was pretty easy, and we pulled up in a taxi to a hotel with a man holding a shotgun and wearing a beige beanie manning the front door. We were very happy to get inside and greeted sleep with great joy, feeling...
Placed by Tracy and John in Asia

A belated update - A great adventure!
January 17, 2009 - Seoul, South Korea
Two and almost a half months have raced by since last posting and I'm happy to report my plant still stands green and leafy. I got cocky and bought another little tree, so naturally, I was a little upset to find it hard as a rock when I got back from the Philippines. Not sure what happened, and don't really want to talk about it either. I mean,...
Placed by Chris Coupland in _