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Tonight Allison, our squad leader, took a few of us to a woman’s bible study at the community church, which doubles as the school. Because Allison went on one of the previous world races and they had come to this community in the Philippines, she knew all of the women. They were so excited to see her and have us there. There was one man that led the bible study. He spoke fluent Tagalo and English so he switched back and forth so we could understand most of what he was teaching. Because they were studying women in the bible we discussed the Philippino culture and how women fit in. It was so interesting and shocking to hear some of what he was saying about how the women are viewed and treated. It’s really pathetic the way that these women think it’s ok to be treated by men. It breaks my heart to think that they know no other way and here I am thinking that I have a right and expectation to be treated with respect, which I do, but these women don’t have this expectation. 

After studying about Eve we women ended up talking for a while. The language barrier was hard to get past but a few of the women knew enough English for us to understand, or pretend to understand, most of what they were saying.   They invited us to “visit” tomorrow. We are going at 9am to one of the ladies houses and I’m sure that we will end up going from house to house “visiting” with the ladies from the bible study tonight. I can’t wait to experience a home visit. You guys have no idea what type of places the people have made into houses. Hopefully I will be able to take pictures, no promises, I don’t want to be disrespectful.

All in all, each day gets better and I love it!

Oh, by the way, Heartlyn was discharged from the hospital yesterday and doing great at the children’s home. Michelle and I stayed the night with Chris John last night and this morning Dr. Solomon came in and decided that he was doing good enough to go home, so he was discharged. Everyone is out of the hospital and getting settled in their new home.