Even during rainy season, the showers tend be short lived and sporadic and you usually have blue skies on the horizon. But if the day is overcast and gray and it has been steadily raining for more than an hour, you …
One thing I have often read about blogging is that you should never make excuses for your lack of writing. It always sounds so sad to read a post where someone is apologizing for not having written in ages because they have been busy or sick or whatever. So I’m …
Recently Daniel and I decided to set aside the first Saturday of each month to go on an outing with our family and dubbed it “Adventure Weekend” to give our children something to look forward to each month. To start things off right, we …
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Last month we took a trip to Bohol with Mom and Dad and The Brattons. We had a great time. Here are some pictures from the trip. It’s a beautiful place and one worth putting …
Last night we had the cool opportunity to hear Heidi Baker of Iris Ministries speak. There were so many amazing things that happened …
Julay and his cousin Divine and sister Isa spent the day at our house today plundering our two buko (coconut) trees. Julay has asked if he could climb our …
We are back in the Philippines from our 2 months in the US and life is starting to get back to normal but I feel like we have some catching up to do. This is what we look like now….
Such a simple thing you all probably take for granted in your local grocer’s refrigerated section, but something I haven’t managed to track down for the past 19 months. So last night as I was standing at the deli counter at Shopwise waiting for my ham to be sliced, …
This last weekend I took a little trip with Brian and Nathaniel on our motorcycles to Daranak and Batlag falls near Tanay Philippines. It was such a nice, hot summer day to be taking a morning ride along the beautiful winding roads around Lake Laguna and as …
“Melissa, you’re getting fat. Everyone knows it…you’re not getting any slimmer.”
While this may be true, I was still a bit surprised to receive this comment as we were standing around talking to people after church today. We have been warned of this cultural difference and other missionaries have joked …