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Sagbayan – The Epicenter

Today Mery, Laura, Cody, Nickolas, Monet, Yoyoy and I traveled to Sagbayan, the epicenter of the earthquake.  It was a startling scene.  Not because of the damage from the earthquake, but from the fact that so much of the damage is still there.  It has been 3 months since the earthquake and it looked like it […]

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Off to Tacloban

Tacloban was in the direct path the most recent typhoon to hit the Philippines. Here’s what Wikipedia had to say about this typhoon. Typhoon Haiyan, known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, was an exceptionally powerful tropical cyclone that devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, in November 8, 2013. It is the deadliest […]

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First House is Finished!

Despite the rain, language barriers and transportation issues, we have completed the first of 100 homes!  Hooray!   This is the Reambonanza family.  Their house was damaged beyond repair. By that I mean it collapsed flat to the ground.  They were able to push the walls back up and lean them on each other to […]

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Time to Worship

One of the unique experiences that we have here is to worship God in a different culture.  The Christian Fellowship of Loboc meets in an old production warehouse.  The youth of the congregation lead worship with music and I guarantee that this small group of people sings louder than all the churches in Montana!  And […]

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100% Humidity with a Chance of Rain!

We started our day with an aftershock.  Not a big deal unless you are in an area that was just hit with a large earthquake!  I have never felt any kind of earthquake before so it was quite a rush.  Ironically, we ran inside to tell everybody instead of running outside.  Hey, what do you […]