Category: Update
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Philippines Team: Update #8
On Tuesday, we spent most of our morning preparing our lesson plan for Wednesday’s computer training. Please pray that the lesson will go well and to be able to communicate the lesson effectively. We also had our first language lessons, and we each had our own personal tutor (compliments of the Rio Hondo community). Please…
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Philippines Team: Update #7
On day 3 in Zamboanga, Ate Loyda, Ate Sol, Kuya Jerry, and Kuya Bobong, showed us more of what the town has to offer. We went to the local Palengke (fish market), City Hall, and the National Museum of Zamboanga. Later that evening, we went to Rio Hondo to shadow Ate Loyda and Kuya Jerry…
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philippines team update #6
Just this past saturday, there were nothing planned, so we just packed our stuff and prepare ourselves for what was coming ahead in Zamboanga! We went to the local mall to pick up last minute computer parts in order for all of our laptops to be able to access the internet. We met up with…
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Philippines Team: Update #5
Sorry for the delayed posting. On friday, we didn’t have much orientation but we still had a lot going on. Cheryl took us to Isla verde where we talked with some more familiar faces, at least for me. I also worked with this group last year helping them setup a website for their livelihood of…
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Philippines Trip: Update #4
Greetings from Davao City! As Greg mentioned in one of our earlier posts, this week is mainly about learning what MUPT does and how they reach out to the community to spread the word of the Lord. It is important for the team to really understand how they do things in Davao so the team…
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Philippines Team: Update #3
For this week: Tuesday (yesterday), Wednesday (today), and Thursday/Friday (tomorrow/next day) = Davao City Orientation Saturday – Sunday = Zamboanga Orientation A lot of days are going to be spent learning the ways of MUPT, why they do what they do, and how they are missionaries of God without having the traditional evangelical approach. Through…
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Philippines Team: update #2
Praise the Lord that the team along with all the donations arrived safely in Davao City. Thru customs we were only asked why we had so many luggage, but luckily we were not hassled by the customs agents about the computers. For the next couple of days we will be going thru orientation with MUPT. …
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Update #1
From e-mail =P Hello BASIC, It has certainly been a busy week for the team and I. We have been working hard to make 9 laptops we received from donations by our members from church as well as a sole company provider who offered to donate basically as many computers as we needed (older models…
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I’m on Facebook now
Due to the number of requests I received about having a Facebook account, I decided to make one and actively use it. I just hope that I’m not consumed by it…. =P.
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Last Update before going home
I apologize for not updating regularly.? Jeff and I have been extremely busy this week.? I’ll quickly summarize what we did starting from Sunday. Sunday – The Bucana Youths had the talent show.? It was a great experience… plus we got to see Ben dance =). Monday – The four of us helped out the…