The Philippines!

Wow! What a time we have had in Manila. From our first hour here we began planning 13 hours of child care that had to follow along with what was being taught on in the 50th year of YWAM celebration for the next day. We pulled it off though, and quite successfully to if I don't say so myself.

It has been such an amazing opportunity to be a part of many things that YWAM Manila is doing. We have been able to work with feeding, and TB programs as well as working with elementary, highschool, and college aged students. There is such a wide variety of ministries that go on here, from bathing the dumpsite children to home visitations of sponsored college students. In this time I have really been able to see the team step out into teaching, for some it is there first time. It is great to see every one of them step out into their gifting, and do it joyfully. The Manila base offers the opportunity to join in the ministry after DTS, and I could easily see how somebody would want to join what they are doing here.

It has been a tiring week, also made worse by the fact that 4 of us have cold like symptoms (including me), but we are not worn down. In fact we are thriving and much fruit has come out of some of the pressure we have been put under.

Tomorrow we leave for Baguio where we will be for exactly one month. We are excited for all that will happen there, and we are especially excited for the cooler weather!

Thank you for your continued support and prayers. Please pray for health for our team so that we will all be 100% by the time we arrive in Baguio!