Courtyard Inn Subic

... an older man as well and they were sitting one row apart. I did not really know what to make of all of this. Not much really happened either. There seem to be a lot of hoops to jump through so neither cases were really tried this morning. I guess in the case of the 16 year old it has been going on for a year and the trial has not started. Also just a personal observation both of the perpetrators were white American males. I was a mix of ...

... I really do have the site of my dreams!.
Well this weekend we have a college from Manila here for an immersion project. Here in Olongapo City there is a very large night life with GRO's (guest relations officers) so in order for about 20 college students to pass they have a street immersion project. It began on Friday with gender sensitivity training and a discussion of the laws that support women. It was a pretty normal Friday until we went bar ...

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Well all went a little too well when myself and my friend Sophie left for Heathrow on Thursday...We arrived in good time and the flight was made extremely pleasant when a kind airport assistant bumped us to first class! What a start but things were about to get better...

While on our way to Heathrow Sophie was texting some friends that were either currently traveling around South East Asia or who were living ...

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HI everyone, today we went to Arnold's house for lunch. He is one of James's work colleagues and a dear christian. James and he had a lot of fellowship during recess for a couple of days. James told me that Arnold had strong desire to pursue the Lord. James told him about Watchman Nee and gave LSM website address to him.

We met his wife, Rachel and two sons. their names are Nicorshi and ...

... they use a very small ball and very small pins. It was a fun cultural experience. We also were given a pair of rainboots. Not sure how much good rain boots will do in waist high water but thanks peace corps. After the flood it was back to normal life in our area
One big celebration that I was apart of was my host fathers birthday. It was a big party! Like I said I stayed with a shy family and they rarely had visitors however on his birthday I came home from ...

... banka's (boat) to set sail to Capones. As what I have observed that morning, the sea was definitely cleared - more vibrant that my "boatmen" and I couldn't resist ourselves from taking pictures aboard our banka. We reached Capones with the sun blaring at us. It was hot but with the cool sea breeze and the view - we were all still recharged and ready to discover the lighthouse. As we walked the shore and I was surprised to see garbage spewed on ...

... real and from "!". Hahaha! At around 2am or 3am, we decided to wrap it up as we still have a big day ahead of us - in a couple of hours actually. Day 2 I woke up as the others start to break camp and eat breakfast. It was great that I survived the night without crawling to the other side and embarrass myself. Hahaha! Anyway, I had some hot cocoa, hotdog sandwich and some leftover chicken - it was one of the best, ever! After ...

We managed to make it back to Subic for New Years Eve. Blue Rock put on an impressive firework show, the highlight being when the floating bar caught on fire. Mike's last days here were spent getting his advanced open water scuba diving certificate. Early on the 6th it was back to the states and reality for him. Bye Mike!

... welcoming, so we aren't feeling the threat that we were warned of. Filipinos are very happy people, despite extreme poverty in most of the country. A few of us have come down with upset stomachs... so that has put a damper on some of our excursions. Everyone is fine; we went out to the bars last night so that must mean things are well with everyone. Yesterday we went to a town that was put 1 story underground by the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1990. The local ...

Hello there everyone, Well this past week has been absolutely amazing as we went through orientation for our ministry here in Manila. On Tuesday, we continued orientation in the morning, and then in the afternoon we headed off to Itramuros, and Santo Tomas. These are both two separate cities that make up Metro Manila. Our first stop was STU (Santo Tomas University). Here we toured the campus, met students, and checked out the museum. It was very interesting ...