Paul wrote in Ephesians 2:19: “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.” After 10 years living in the US, I felt so foreign in my own country. […]
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“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
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One of the things Tim and I realized these past months, was we are really learning to trust God “daily”. We chose not to post too much photos about hungry children on the streets or faces of people we meet here. You won’t find those stories on this blog. We respect the people we come in contact here as
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Someone asked me here few weeks ago, where do the kids go to school? I answered, “Oh we are homeschooling”. Homeschooling here is unheard of for the most part and while it’s gaining popularity in the main city like Manila, it is still foreign to some here. We’ve met some homeschooling family in Manila and here in
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If you are in Dumaguete, you shouldn’t miss Siliman University. We took the kids for field trip around the premises of the university. We tried their local cafeteria that is usually for the faculties and students. It’s fine and definitely affordable! The first photo is a shot facing the boulevard. You can see the ferry
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Our boxes from Manila came. 12 of them (we still have the other 10 in Manila). It’s like Christmas for the kids, opening the boxes and seeing the things familiar to them, toys from their bedroom, their beddings, books, etc. I know they are just material things, but God knows my thoughts. The other day,
To my daughter & my son.: You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed, all who
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We started this week our summer homeschool. Our kids both took a break for about 2+ months since we arrived in the Philippines and it has been a great time for them to get assimilated with the culture, spend time with our family in Manila and learn some basic language here and there. We got
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We joined last week the team of PTA (Pastoral Training of Asia) and Calvary Chapel Dumaguete at the Boulevard Children’s Church. The Boulevard Children’s Church meets every Saturday at Rizal Blvd. We started the service with praise songs. The crowd were composed on children and their parents from nearby barangay (village). We met some kids
If you’ve read our latest newsletter, we’ve finally made it to Dumaguete, “The City of Gentle People”. We were picked up by Kuya Arman of Pastoral Training of Asia (PTA) and the following day, we were toured in town by the resident missionary couple here. It’s been almost a week since we came here and we
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