Video for you!

I uploaded a little video for you. This shows the walk from the major street where we work into the House of Jubilee. This is where all the teaching, preaching, bible studies, clinic work, church, and hanging out happens. Enjoy!

A walk from Tancontian Street into the House of Jubilee (HOJ)!

Oh yah, here is another. Kids dancing and singing this morning at Tabitha.

Kid's enjoying themselves.

Picture update...

Hello again...

Well I am off to help some students with math... if they are so willing!  They are doing better these days.  I think that it just took them a while to start to understand my english.  I am trying to pick up the local language more and more.  It seems ok so far, but I am a long way from having an extended conversation.  Really enjoying things so far.  I am still blown away by the people here.  So precious.

 

I am starting to see God's timing in my coming here.  There are some areas that I am able to serve in and help that seem to be timed perfectly.  I thank God that I am able to be here at this time.

 

And on another note.  The fruit is amazing!  I think I mentioned it before, but it is incredible.  I can handle a little more heat and humidity if I get to eat fruit like this!  Anyway I have been helping to set up a new website and have a "beta" release.  We have been trying out a new technology/program called intellisite.  Seems very useful because people can change content on the fly without any real skill or training.  Kind of like Wiki (google it) but a bit more limited.  I'd appreciate your thoughts and comments.  Go to www.hopeforthenationsph.org to check it out.  Trevor, you'll have a field day with your typo spotting skills!  Actually I was hoping you could help me with that once it is complete.

 

Anyway, almost late for my class. Gotta go!

Pictures from the last few...

Me driving a Jeep-ne!














Me and well... little bundles o joy! And below, me and Gary on an angle.

Another Week

Well, the last few weeks have been busy, but very good.  I was hanging out with some of the local youth the other night and I said to them how cool it is to be here.  They asked me why.  I said if we were in almost any neighbourhood in Canada right now there would not be anybody on the streets just hanging out and talking like this.  People would most likely be in their house watching TV or a movie.  Which is not bad in and of itself, but we sure lack the sense of community that is here.  I mean there is a little store or Videoke place every 20 feet!  And all of them are full of people just hanging out.  I know it is partly because I am white, but they are all willing to talk to me and help me with anything.

 

I have really been enjoying the math class that I teach and have had the opportunity to lead several devotional times.  It has been really good to do so.  i have also got to watch Inneke do some stitches (and she wants me to do it next! Yikes!).  It would be very helpful to come here with some basic first aid training, there are huge needs for just basic stuff.  A stitch, clean up a cut, etc...  I have also enjoyed helping to revamp the website, which although I am not an expert at, I hope that I will be able to improve it so that it can become a connection point for people to donate, get a vision, learn about needs to pray for, etc...

 

What else to say?  I am still happy to be here and feel priviledged to be able to serve these people.  I love interacting with the kids and I am trying to learn Basiya (I think that is how it is spelled?), the local language.  My math students have a test tomorrow!  The test is going to be pretty easy, but I hope I have scared them into getting ready for it.  Again, I'd love to hear from you so drop me a line, dawicks@gmail.com.

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Come Here!

Hey there my peeps! So far so good in the Philippines.

Nothing really stands out to say these days, I just wish you could all come here to spend some time with these kids. They are so precious. It is also really cool to see the older kids that Patrick and Inneke have discipled over the years and see where they have come from and where they are headed to... a lot of them have a desire to do missions! I have also been thinking how to describe the Philippines to you. It is just so different. It smells different (Durian everywhere! Yikes!), there are no traffic lights and yet there are no traffic jams, there are trikes on the road with lawn mower engines in them and three people riding up front and 4 pigs in the back, there are people crossing the street like the video game frogger, there are lots and lots of people all about 5 foot 6, and... there is just so many things different, you just have to come here to see it. Owen was right about what Bill M. said about the city... a blue fog of diesel.

Today I took some time off to do some R&R. My dad will shoot me but we took a ferry to an island then paid a guy to drive us around the island (without a helmet!!!!). Anyway, saw some waterfalls, some bats at a really stinky batcave, and swam in the warm ocean. Really beautiful.
Oh yah, played a couple games of pool with Patrick. He whipped me. Very interesting pool hall!