OK so the hero of our journey has reached his final destination, here is an update I recieved from him today.
Then I left Manila, and flew down to an island caught Midano, and was met at the airport by Felicity and one of her staff Jess. The kids here in the home within a day stole my heart, they are all so eager to play, and no one loves to play like I do! Even the kids in the surrounding houses/huts are so eager to play, and I have a new tradition, 4:30am running with 10 or more local boys joining me. I do my best Rocky impersonation, if only there were some stairs to climb at the end! *camera pans out, Eye of the tiger music swells*
Then I left Manila, and flew down to an island caught Midano, and was met at the airport by Felicity and one of her staff Jess. The kids here in the home within a day stole my heart, they are all so eager to play, and no one loves to play like I do! Even the kids in the surrounding houses/huts are so eager to play, and I have a new tradition, 4:30am running with 10 or more local boys joining me. I do my best Rocky impersonation, if only there were some stairs to climb at the end! *camera pans out, Eye of the tiger music swells*
But there is so much I can say... but i think i will just share a story which I think gives a great picture of the thankful, generous spirit of many of the people here.
This morning a group of us from the home went to run a church service in a local community where the locals could not get to a church; we met in this little shack surrounded by mud.
We began this time by going around the circle, and everyone had to say 'Salamat sa Lord..." (Thank you God for...) Across from me there was a old lady who was 77 and had a smile that would light a room in any of the frequent blackouts, she said in Visyn (the local language),
"Thank you God that I could walk here today, because yesterday the bus did not stop for me and I had to walk a long way with very heavy items, and my body was aching when I woke up, but you God gave me the strength to walk to church this morning, thank you that I can walk"
We began this time by going around the circle, and everyone had to say 'Salamat sa Lord..." (Thank you God for...) Across from me there was a old lady who was 77 and had a smile that would light a room in any of the frequent blackouts, she said in Visyn (the local language),
"Thank you God that I could walk here today, because yesterday the bus did not stop for me and I had to walk a long way with very heavy items, and my body was aching when I woke up, but you God gave me the strength to walk to church this morning, thank you that I can walk"
These people are so thankful, whether it be for the heat, for the rain, even the kids in the orphanage thank God for their toys!
Being here had made me begin to be very thankful to God for the little things again.
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