We really enjoy a wide variety of fresh produce from the market here. A favourite meal is stirfry vegtables and rice.
We almost always have fruit to snack on - apples, bananas, mangos, oranges, pomelo, rambutan, lansones, etc...
And of course our 'friends' the ants make serving food interesting. If you come over, you'll often find the non-hot dishes in a serving dish sitting in water to keep the little critters from nibbling on our food!
Baby Gabrielle is home. She cries, eats, and seems to be doing fairly well. Please keep praying for her, her parents and sister!
I'd submitted an article about Jerard and our decision to love him. It was recently published on their online sight. Check it out!
http://womenoftheharvestconnection.com/2012/11/14/deciding-to-love/
I, Beth, am up in Cebu for a few days visiting a dear friend who moved up here from Davao about three months ago. It is wonderful to spend time with her and her husband, meet the teams they work with in church planting and livelihood projects, and enjoy good conversation and fun.
Originally I had booked a flight up here to take the GRE for the graduate program I am applying to, but the college waived the GRE requirement for me, so instead of wasting the ticket, I am enjoying a few days visiting my friend.
It always amazes me the passion my Filipino Christian brothers and sisters have in sharing the gospel and church planting and discipleship. I am blessed to meet so many new brothers and sisters in Christ.
Pray for my friend, her husband and the teams that work in the Cebu area sharing Christ with non-churched people here. The needs are great.
Dear friends,
Pastor Ian and Nen are part of Reach Int'l Team here in the Philippines and they have been dear friends and workers for Dr. Sam and Sherri for many years. Dr. Sam and Sherri are dear friends of ours. We appreciate Dr. Sam's friendship and medical expertice. (https://www.facebook.com/rihtpi)
Baby Gabrielle
Last Sunday Ian and Nen's second baby daughter was born. There were complications with the birthing process and the baby was oxygen deprived for at least 5 - 10 minutes. There appears to be some neurological problems with their 7 day old newborn baby who remains in ICU at a local hospital here. The neurologist is still running tests.
Please pray for Ian and Nen - for finances to cover the hospital costs; please PRAY for baby Gabrielle, her big sister, Nickole, and her parents, Ian and Nen, who are still trying to accept all of this. Thank you very much!
Nen, Dr. Sam, Pastor Ian with Baby Gabrielle
