Run for the hills!

Actually...just our 4th story room. Today there's a signal 2 typhoon coming! The whole area has canceled school and no one's working! It's the calm before the storm though, because it's a gorgeous day outside! A small cloud cover, a little sunshine, a cool breeze, the coldest it's been yet (like 80 something degrees). Em an I got to our daycare, had our devotion time with the staff, and they told us to go home! :( We're going to have to be creative with what we do with our day now :)

Update: my foot's all healed from that nail. Thank you for the prayers :)

Our classes have been going well. We've had at least one or two sessions for our 2 proverbs and our spanish class. Our first James class will be on Thursday. "Schedule" here in the Philippines is something like water...it flows wherever whenever. We kind of just aim for a day and find a time when everyone's free. A little frustrating, but we were well warned :) Our Spanish class has been a big hit! All our kids (and adults!) were really interested in learning the language. The Philippines was controlled by Spain for a time so many of the words are the same in Spanish and Tagalog or just a little off. For example, Filipinos tell time, days, months, and numbers in Spanish. We're trying to think creatively on how with can incorporate biblical principles and Scripture into our coursework for them. You can pray for some good ideas and if you have any, PLEASE comment or email them to me!

Food is great here. LOTS of rice all the time. Even though we're not big fish eaters, Em and I have gotten pretty good at munching down these little salty fried fish that we're served a lot. They're not bad when you get past them looking at you. :) Our staff ladies are EXTREMELY good at making dishes very tasty with not much at all. We're trying to learn all the names of veggies and leaves...it's hard to remember! There are about 6 kinds of bananas!

Pray for energy and creativity. Also continue to pray that we pick up a little more language bits. :)

Love to you all and blessings!