The Philippines Part Two

These are the kids that I got to spend my morning with. We had a great time! See that little girl up front, the one with the white dress and the pink flowers on it. Yeah, the one that does not look like she is amused at all this going on. Yes, her.
This little girl was great. She was five years old and she was so small I think she was wearing 3T clothes. She was so shy that she didn't even want to come get some of the candy that I was passing out to the kids. It took every sweet tooth in her mouth to get her to finally grab that piece. She didn't want to play some of the other games that the other kids and I were playing. She would just sit there during "Bottle, Bottle, Goonsa" and you were not allowed to pick her to be the Goonsa. She was happy to just sit there....
Well if you have ever had one of the first three Mook kids in your Bible class then you know why I liked this girl so much:) She was very reserved. Polite, but would not talk if it was not necessary to life. You can imagine my amazement when two days later I see this same girl get up on stage at the goat show, (oh, did I mention we had a goat show) and sang a solo and recite about 5 Bible verses. She was the only one up there too. Maybe there is hope for my kids. Of course John Paul is looking like he will be real out going. So maybe he and I will share the Talent show and VBS stage someday.

The Philippines Part One

I will be jumping around on my two week trip in the Philippines. But I want to start with one of the most interesting days there, the medical mission. They had a doctor come in that volunteered to look at over 100 people in about 8 hours. Alise helped out by taking temperatures, blood pressure, and other vitals. David Henniger would talk and pray with the people after they saw the doctor. I did that in the afternoon. But in the morning I got to play with the kids. We played "Duck, Duck, Goose" only they called it "Bottle, Bottle, Goonsa" At least that is how I pronounced it. This first picture is of me chasing a kid... he felt no need to stay to just running around the circle. His game was, I run where ever I can and you try to catch me. Did I mention that he did this bare foot. The kids all wore flip flop sandals, but a lot of them would take them off to chase each other. Don't want to be slowed down by a shoe! Nope! Less sliding on the rocks with bare feet.

More stories to come!

Jesse Hijacked the blog again :)

This is a picture of me in a Barong Tagalog. A formal atire for men in the Philippines. They told me to wear a white tee shirt with it. I am not sure that this is what they meant. Also got hooked on coconut juice over there. Of course I got to drink it out of the coconut itself.
I will be wearing this shirt Resurrection Sunday and hopefully I can convince Elijah it is a good idea to wear the one I bought for JohnPaul. That is right I bought 3 but got the wrong sizes so maybe next year me and the boys can all match, but not this year. Don't worry (because I know you are) I will keep you posted on the out come of this event.

What I Should Be Doing

I have to apologize for the sorry state of the last two blog posts. The one with a title only is a post that I attempted to write last night. I managed to type the title and accidentally post it. When I went to fix the problem, either by removing the post or by actually writing some text, John Paul woke up. He has an uncanny ability to know when I need him to sleep and immediately wake up. So, I nursed him back to sleep and then went to bed myself. The post with only two pictures and no title or text was posted by Jesse. He was waiting for the pictures to load and fell asleep. That post was up for a week before I saw it.

I had a lovely playdate with my friend Kim yesterday. After coming home, I had a lovely phone conversation with my friend Trische (who doesn't have a blog, but should). By the end of the day, I was very encouraged and uplifted. *sigh* We all need days like this. Days where we are surrounded by people who love us and encourage us to press forward, to seek God's will, and to rest in his love. In short, they encouraged me to do what I should be doing.

I spent awhile last night praying about my priorities and time constraints. My desire is to spend my time doing what God wants me to be doing. There is simply not enough time to waste not seeking his will. I feel very encouraged and at peace that God really has equipped me to do all that he is calling me to do.

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