Saturday, February 7, 2009

Nate riding in a tricycle - a motorcycle with a side car that can carry up to 8 or more. 
Marketing here is adventurous, colorful and fun. 



There are strange and interesting things around every corner!



Sheree enjoyed seeing the market area and trying exotic fruit. It was a fun day.

 


 Sheree, Nate and Hope in a basket shop. Hope enjoys helping negotiate the purchase.


Hope loves going out and about in the city with her Daddy. This in front of a fruit stand in one of the market areas of the city. 

City life.
The hustle and bustle of the city.
Adventurous and beautiful!
Hope found a starfish and played with it in a bucket of sand, water and shells. The water is warm and calm and shallow at the beach. There are many colorful fish and little crabs and lots of different kinds of starfish. We all enjoy getting out of the city. We love exploring the beaches and collecting shells and spending our day off relaxing at one of the beaches here in beautiful southeast Asia.
We enjoyed a beautiful day at one of the beaches near where we live.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Kelly and team member Gemma doing a live demonstration of  personal prayer ministry at a women's conference for leaders in the city.



Kelly speaking at a women's conference for leaders in the city. Kelly's ministry is one that focuses on prayer and freedom from emotional pain.


Boats for hire to ferry from one island to the next. Or they can be rented for the day to take a boat trip and go island hopping.



A view of the area from a hillside church.



Nate giving Hope a ride on the motor bike outside the base in the neighborhood. 
Yes, those are dirt roads, and no, we do not travel like this. But the locals do, as many as 5 on a bike at one time. It is quite a sight!
Nate with the pastors (man in yellow, lady in brown) and visitors at a church where he was invited to speak for their anniversary celebration.
Nate teaching and sharing about the love of God. This church is built near a muslim area and this congregation has seen miracles of physical healing and deliverance from demonic oppression. Because of this several muslims have given their lives to Christ. After the service a whole muslim family came forward for prayer.
Hope sitting on our friend, Khristina's lap, listening to her Daddy share about how much God loves us.
Inside the church as Nate shared. 
Hope says she loves 'the whole world' in the Philippines.

Hope and Ethan having fun in the office. Ethan gets Hope to play Sword fights and she gets him to play dress up. They are great friends.