Hi folks...yes I'm back. Sorry it took so long. We've been busy but that's not really an excuse! Actually we are in Florida now, working on that little cottage I blogged about last year. It's getting homier every day (if that's a word!). Bill is a great 'fixer-upper' and is pounding nails at this very moment.
Anyway, back to our recent missions trip. Earlier I blogged that we went to Cebu to minister at their Bible college, in some of the churches, and to the local pastors at several of their meetings. It was really great.
I'll pick it up on...
Saturday, December 3. We had some time for a bit of sight-seeing in Cebu. Across from Cebu City is a small island where the airport is located. This island also has a very beautiful resort called the Shangrila. We walked the grounds of this resort, went to the beach (where I'm told they actually had to haul in white sand to make it look beachy, otherwise it's all coral), and had lunch there. We were with Joanne Oftedahl and her missionary associates from the Tampa area (Marcio & Mayda). After that we stopped at the Lapulapu Shrine. Lapulapu is a local hero-chief from ages passed that defeated (and killed) the explorer Magellan. Interesting! It was a great day and very nice to be outside in the sunshine and warmth. We returned the the place where we were staying and enjoyed an evening of relaxing.
Sunday, December 4. Bill spoke at a local church, about 30 mls south of the city. A great church with a lot of local outreach to the neighborhood led by Pastor's Edgar & Mercy. We were there for the morning service and an afternoon service that was mostly single mom's. See, the church has a Saturday school for the children (feeds them, etc. too) and on Sunday a service for the mom's. It's a great, evangelistic tool that reaches their hearts and 'see's' the love of God in action by helping with their children. Needless to say, we had a great time and the people were so glad that we had come.
Monday, December 5, This was our last day at IBC; Bill spoke in the Chapel. The students are really on fire for the Lord, wanting all that he has for them. They were also appreciative of our ministry. Somehow the students put together a gift for us to...as an appreciation! Two t-shirts from Cebu and two coffee mugs from IBC. Very sweet!
Most of the time Joanne came to get us, but some times it was easier for us to meet her at a certain location. Just up the street from the Bible college was a restaurant called 'Jolly B'; it's kind of like a McD's but with a different menu. The food is pretty good actually. Anyway, to meet Joanne we had to take a taxi on several occasions. Funny thing was most of the taxi driver's knew where that Jolly B was, no communication breakdown.
Next blog will be about the week we spent on the nearby island of Bohol. We took a 2.5 hr. ferry ride to get there. Bill spoke at the Bible college there and also had a pastor's seminar. Several things unique to Bohol are what they call the 'Chocolate Mountains' and the very tiny monkeys call 'Tartier'.
'Til then...
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