The fruit here is so good. Bananas are sweeter, pomelo is wonderful, pineapple is the best!!!! There are many good food choices here and we are certainly enjoying tasting fruit fresh off the trees or vines or bushes.
The fruit here is so good. Bananas are sweeter, pomelo is wonderful, pineapple is the best!!!! There are many good food choices here and we are certainly enjoying tasting fruit fresh off the trees or vines or bushes.
It is 11:30 at night as I write this. It is raining, 76 degrees, and there is a slight breeze. As Kurt and I stood on the deck enjoying listening to the rain and watching the toads hopping in the grass, he says to me, "I'm cold."
That's scary!
Hot water is not a given here in the Philippines. Most showers (at least for expats) will have a heating unit on the wall that the water runs through to heat up. (Notice the word 'most'.)
Another thing that is not a given here is good water pressure.
Most showers are also equipped with a bucket of water and a dipper for rinsing off just in case the water decides to stop running!
The kitchen sink water is not heated.
O Lord, My God, When I in Awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed....
When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain granduer
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze....
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How Great Thou art, How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
We have experienced a great first Christmas in the Philippines. It was hot, 90 degrees plus high humidity.
We started our morning with opening stockings. Then read Luke 2 and did the advent candles. Opened gifts, played a bit of soccer and basketball, cleaned up and enjoyed a wonderful dinner with friends at their home.
Our kids are doing well. Thank you for all your continued prayers and gifts. Here are some pictures to share with you from our first Christmas here.
Ben with his new punching bag
Mikayla with her new guitar
Kirsten with her new dog
Good friend and good coffee
Gwapo bana - Handsome husband