After spending a month in or "closed" country, I'm sure you all are wondering where we were and what we did. Therefore, I will write a detailed blog series describing just that. … Read more about How Did We Get There
Where We Were
No Man's Land was a very strange place. It was surrounded by a beautiful scenery of mountains and located right on a big river. However, the city itself was incomplete to say … Read more about Where We Were
The Essence of our Visit in Malaybalay
We have not had much of an opportunity to be on the internet this month, so I have not written much about the things that we have done while here in Malaybalay. So, here goes. 1. Our … Read more about The Essence of our Visit in Malaybalay
There is no Whirlpool in Malaybalay
I say that there is no Whirlpool in Malaybalay because we lived in St. Joseph, MI for 2 years, which is where the Whirlpool World Headquarters is located. Many of our close friends work for … Read more about There is no Whirlpool in Malaybalay
Some sort of River de Oro
We finally made it to our ministry location for the month! We are located in Malaybalay, a city on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. We arrived here on Tuesday, September 13 at … Read more about Some sort of River de Oro
Launch 2 – Little Mexico
We just finished what we call “launch.” The purpose of launch is to bring us back together as a group (since we have only met the people that we will be living with for the next year … Read more about Launch 2 – Little Mexico
Launch
We are finally on our way! Well, not quite yet, but we will be soon. On Monday we flew to Atlanta and met up with some of the other WR people. We flew from Grand Rapids to … Read more about Launch
Training Camp
It was fun packing for training camp. After gathering all of our living materials into one small bag, I looked around our house and it didn't even look like anything was … Read more about Training Camp
Why?
Why? When I tell people that we’re going on the World Race, I get a lot of funny looks. Sure, … Read more about Why?