3 Days!
In 3 days I leave for a 6 week trip around Asia! I think we’re calling it the “Massive Asia Trip” … “we” being myself, Kim Courtright (director of CCS where I taught), Daisy Chell (director of children’s home nursery), and Marilyn Curtis (nurse/overseer of children’s home). Out trip itinerary looks something like this…
Chiang Mai, Thailand Apr. 5-14 (helping to build sister orphanage)
Bangkok Thailand Apr. 15-17
Laos Apr. 18-19
Cambodia Apr. 20-24
Vietnam Apr. 25-May 3
China May 4-10
Korea May 11-17
We are very excited!! And with only 3 days left, my head is a jumble of to-do lists and on the top of one of those lists is to write a blog with a little recap of what’s been happening lately. A little update I guess. So that’s what this is… if you haven’t caught on to that yet 🙂
Ministry Update
I’m still discipling the 4 older girls. We hang out Tuesday/Thursdays and some Saturdays. And we do devotions together every Tues/Thurs as well. We just finished a two month study we’ve been doing on the book of John. It worked well that we hit the last two chapters right during Easter, so I’ve been able to tie in our study with the Easter Holiday. This Sunday I’m bringing the girls with me to church which i’m excited about. The two oldest girls have shown a lot of maturity and understanding and it’s been great to see their walk with Christ grow the past few months.
I’ve been continuing communications as well. Projects always go slow here, working with the locals is always a bit different than we foreigners are used to. For Americans, time is money. For Filipinos, time is relative. I’m just finishing working on making bookmarks, still trying to get tshirts made, and constantly working on updating the kids photo albums. I’m also beginning to work on setting up a system for sponsors and their children to have better communication.
And lastly, I’ve finished teaching at the school. The 09-10 school year has finished. It was a successful year, but I’m also happy to be done and move on to other ministries. When I return from my trip I plan on dedicating my morning time to helping Angela, a former student, learn English. I also want to spend more time with Manny, the little boy I’ve come to love (I’ve blogged about him before).
Easter Holiday
I wrote a blog about the Easter holiday a year ago. You can read it here. It is still sad to see the local people be so obsessed with rituals without meaning. Read the blog you’ll know what I mean.
Lots of Teams
We’re at the end of 6 weeks of lots of teams being here. Well it’s not technically the end… just for me, since I’m leaving. Regardless, it will be nice to have a break from living with 100 people. They have helped us a lot with ministry though, and blessed so many Filipino people with their time, talents, prayers, hugs/love, etc. Thank you to everyone who served here!
Races
I finished my third half marathon this month. And my second actually. I love it but my legs needed a break so I’m giving myself 2 weeks off and doing some swimming/biking/anything other than running. I miss it though!
I guess that’s it. Or all i can think of right now. I have one more kid of the week video, which will be tomorrow, and then there won’t be any while I’m gone on my trip. You’ve now officially met all of the children’s home kids (minus one… there is only one child I haven’t done a video on yet, but she is still very new so I’m going to wait a while for her, get to know her better so I can make a better video).
If I’m feeling inspired and have an internet connection, I might even write a blog while I’m on my trip… but none of us are bringing computer so it’s not very likely :/
If not sooner, I’ll update in 6 weeks! God Bless!
Christie
