sum up the weekend...

Since the terrible rains the past few days there has been a puppy outside my window at night whining. I luckily was able to find my earplugs to drown out the pathetic cries I could nothing about.

The smog is very evident each morning when I try to clean my ears. I am considering searching for a small shovel and saving my time with the Q-tips that seem to do nothing with the build up.

I have been able to learn a few phrases in Visayan, but not enough to hold a conversation. I can tell people where I am going, ask how to get there, and a few other things.. but I am hoping to be conversational soon.

I was able to climb a mountain that lies behind the school campus. It was actually pretty lame. I hope to find a better one. The only pictures I took were of a cool plant and some of the disgusting millipedes. There was no good place to get a view shot since the rains made the ground very unstable.

I found out yesterday that there is an Assemblies of God church right in town. I have not had time to search it out, but I want to check it out. I found their website and it appears they have a young adults group. I would love to be able to join that. I am still feeling a little lonely. For some reason it has been more difficult here to make friends than it was in Tacloban.

My teeth have not bothered me for quiet sometime. I am thankful every day. Thank you for all who prayed. I know that it is a miracle.

The next few weeks I will be putting together material for an interpreting seminar I will be putting on for the teachers of Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA). This material will also be used when the new teachers from the other island are able to come over for their formal training. I am very excited about this because interpreting is such a passion of mine. Please pray that I will have wisdom to teach these people what they need to know in order to help the Deaf children develop into the people God created them to be.

Please feel free to email with any questions or just to let me know how life at home is going!

Miss you all…