Christmas Day in the Philippines

Wishing you all a very Happy Holiday Season
Dec 24th it rained all day but Christmas day was beautiful and sunny so we went for a swim. You may or may not believe this but we would have much preferred to be with family in crispy cold Manitoba for Christmas.

Power On!

Our untrustworthy electrical service is back on, thank you Jesus! We have enjoyed three nights with air-conditioning already. We see this as a Christmas gift from above as we were anticipating the possibility of no power for up to three months. Now we are waiting to see our next electrical bill it seems that the customers may have to help pay for all the damage. This would mean that although we have had no power for about three weeks our bill may be more than when we did have power. Not quite like Manitoba Hydro!

Typhoon Utor

The winds were not as extreme this time but the flooding was a little frightening. It rained hard on and off for hours but just as it was getting dark it started gushing into our yard and within minutes our home was surrounded with water and threatening to come inside. I was standing in knee deep water when I took this picture the muddy water came within one inch of the floor when it started going down again. And sure enough Veronica was at a birth during the whole thing once again.

I don't know about you but this does not taste like my grandma's cooking!

Bagong Po-ok "New Village"

This is a village that our family is going to be hiking into every Monday afternoon. Our goal is to reflect the love of Jesus as we build relationships with the Manyun people and provide checkups. More great photos at Our Web Album

Typhoon Durian

Walking to see mom morning after storm. Check out "Our Web Album" for more typhoon damage photos. (click on link to the right)