life in the Philippines

  • So Proud of THEM for following HIM

    This photo brings a lot of joy to my heart. Though it may not be really clear but the structure in the middle under the blue roof, used to look like this: Now it has cement block walls not bamboo. They are following God on their own with willing hearts. No one has to…

  • A Godly Example

    My heart misses the people I came to know in the Philippines, our church family, our friends in the missionary community, and our ‘katabang’.  I miss her very much.  Not in the sense of her hired job of helping with the housework.  I miss her quiet faithful Christian spirit in our midst. I see…

  • What I Will Never Get Used To

    My kids being stared at as though they were a sideshow… and strangers taking photos of my kids as though they are a strange oddity.  I will never get why they all want photos of a white kid they don’t know.  What is the point of it???   This is always accompanied with, “hello…

  • That Y In The Trail

    I have been making reference to hiking in the dark and finding a Y in the trail. We found the Y in the dark and are on our way. 1 Corinthians 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 2 Timothy 2:2 And the things that thou has heard of me…

  • Breakfast At The Pearl Farm

    I wonder. Surely I am not the only mom who sits in the bathroom, and blogs while her kid plays in the bathtub. I have not posted in quite a long time because things here in my home and life are so very busy. So, while she soaks and plays I will type. We…