Hello everyone,
I am grateful to the Lord for this opportunity! I just started this blog and I am sincerely excited to keep you updated on my life and ministry here in the Philippines. Not to mention the cross-cultural experiences that fit into the funny, real and outrageous catagory.:)
They say humor is a must for the Missionary living in a cross-cultural setting. It is the "oil for the soul." Here is a funny but real story for you :)
We brought the children from our Refuge Center to the lake. It is nearly 2 miles in diameter and hundreds of people arrive at 5 am to jog, walk and ride bikes.
I was jogging and was half way around the lake when Tinay gave me that "you wanna race look!" Well I was not about to let her win! :)
I pulled ahead with a quick burst BUT the race did not have a finish-line.:) As I looked back Tinay was closing in and her smile was getting brighter and I was laughing harder...
She cheerfully pedaled past me With a beaming smile, all i could do is yell out "I Surrender, you Win!!!" Although my legs were in pain, I did not know losing could feel so good!
In contrast, these boys live on the streets and everyday experience the ridicule and abuse of an outcast. I have known Opal the boy on the far right with the orange hair for several years.
He is deaf and mute but has the softest heart. We have fed them, loved them and implored them to come off the streets.
We gathered them together and asked them "what do you feel living on the streets?" A girl said "I dont feel that anyone loves me!" That just broke my heart. I have seen people demean them but they were created in the image of God and it is our deepest desire to see them experience the tears of healing and consumed in the love of Jesus!
The real measure of a person is how they treat those to whom they have nothing to gain! Please continue to pray for the children that remain living on the streets.
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