Wednesday Evenings

So it's time I tell you what I've been doing on Wednesday evenings. I've connected with a missionary couple also supported through the Second Tunic and I've been going to an outreach Bible study in Agdao, a poor section of the city. There are some other young leaders who volunteer as well. The kids are almost all teenage boys who live in Agdao and are also into sniffing glue. This is where I've been going since early October.

Interesting Experience

So yesterday I had a very interesting experience. Christina and I needed some supplies, so we headed to a local mall. Christina went into the department store looking for supplies for a project she was working on. I went searching for printer ink. First store- out of stock. Second store- out of stock. I walked around looking for other stores that might sell ink. Could not find our brand. An ink store did not have what I needed. So I kept walking, looking for other computer stores. It was at this point that I had my interesting experience.

Thanksgiving at Paradise (Long overdue)

So this posting is long overdue. In celebration of Thanksgiving and our birthdays, we spent two days and one night at a nearby resort named Paradise Island. We were taken there soon after arriving here when we had some orientation meetings. We are told that of all the resorts here, Paradise is the best for the money. 

So this is where we chose to go.

What's your love language?

So not sure if you've read the book: 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

If not, I think you should; it's helps you discover what 'language' love can best be expressed/shown to you and in what ways you naturally extend your love to others.

P. S. I even found they have a website...http://www.5lovelanguages.com (you can even take a free quiz to find what your love language is!)

Brief description of the love languages below:

Newsletter Now Available!

A brand-new edition of our Filipino Martins newsletter is hot off the presses! You can find it here for viewing and/or download.

We hope your start to 2011 is filled with blessings from God!

Surprise, surprise!

First off, I want to share that this week we received the great news that donations made to the Second Tunic can now me made online! I added the link to the left side of this page, just under their address. In case you can't find it, it's found at http://www.secondtunic.org/donate.html and the page details three ways you can donate: check by mail, automatic transfer (with a printed application) and online through PayPal. For those who have never used PayPal, well we first used it about a month ago. I'm not sure that I really understand the whole process, but ultimately you pay with your credit card, it just get's processed by PayPal.

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Christmas 2010 in the Philippines

Christmas in the Philippines!!

The hot weather, constant 'damp' skin and palm trees cause me to stretch my imagination when trying to 'feel' like it's Christmas.


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