Tuesday, July 25, 2006

What goes down......must come back up!

Well, we are definitely on the downhill part of our trip now. The last few days have been so busy, and I am so tired that I have not been very current on updates. I don't have any pictures today, but some stories to share.

For the last couple days, we have been gone in the mornings, and then getting some time to do some fun things in the afternoons, then back out at night for more ministry. Each of the last couple nights, and then again tonight, we have been (will be) at the Passage Youth Center. It is a center that is led and supported by PTA, the ministry we are here with. They have a building and a program designed to offer an alternative to the Philipino kids. It is kind of like a "keep them off the streets" program. 2 nights ago they did an Open House, where they sang us songs, and played music for us. They even did a small drama for us. It was wonderful, and they really worked hard for us.

We have taken over the bible studies at the Passage this week. Last night Justin taught there college age study, and Julie will be teaching the high school youth group tonight. We are also taking turns sharing our testimonies with them, so that they can hear from us while we are there.

Yesterday, we took some time in the afternoon in between ministry outings and went to a local waterfall. It is hidden back in a mountain, and quite a hike up and down. We got a ride from a passing construction truck, that took us all the way to the top where we then went down a large set of stairs (325 of them!!!). Now, what goes down, must come back up! We felt every one of those stairs on the way back up.

We also saw an orphange yesterday. They asked us not to put any of their children on the internet, becuase many of them are involved in court cases, and need their privacy. It was a 2 hour time of just simply playing with kids. I think we all found at least one we really fell in love with.

I hope that this helps to update you. Today is our "free day" where we are going out on a boat. We will be back in time for dinner, and then off to the Passage to teach tonight.

I hope all is well at home, I hear it is really tough weather there too, which since we are experiencing all the same things, I don't feel too bad about!!!

Tomorrow starts 3 intense days of ministry, and then we are heading on our journey home. We will definitely miss being here, but we will also be glad to see the US beaches again!

God bless you all.
Jeff

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