Emily's boys
With Nessie and Dong Reyes (former ITP teammates now with MMP)
Church plant and School in Talaba where Dong and Nessie work
Harvesting Salt from the ocean-one of the livelihoods in Talaba
Church in Taytay
Going visiting in Taytay-if you lose your balance you end up in10 feet of filthy water!
Watch your step!
Houses built over the water (the green plants are water lilies)
Reunion with our former ITP freinds
Leonardo (Nards) and his mom in Sitio Lambak
Francis and his family- youth from Sitio Lambak now a Bible school grad and ready to be a pastor
Alison with Delia (our former next door neighbour in SL) and her daughter
Ador (our former neighbour in SL) and his little girl
Friends from Sitio Lambak
Aling Alice-one of the core church members from Sitio Lambak-who is recently widowed
Clara (second from left) is the girl Bethany helped get facial surgery when she was a young child
Salve (far right) is a woman helped disciple 20 years ago
Natasha from Moscow chatting with a Filipina at church
Our good friends Nancy and Rhoda (now serving in Cambodia)
The school that the Paragas's have helped build
The next generation
Jun and MIlleth Paragas with 2 of their boys
Potsky and Connie- former teammates
Fun times with old friends
the men
Witts and Paragas's
MMP office
Traffic is pretty much as bad as ever
Sonia welcomes us to Lucena
Beautiful rice fields
The church building in Lucena where Sonia and Arnel are
Working in the rice fields
Garden
Building in progress at Sonia's place in Lucena
Home for women in crisis
working the rice fields
Lucena youth group
Mangoes are in season-yum!
Langka (Jackfruit)
Coconut tree
Sally -formerly from Balic Balic now a fulltime missionary in Taytay
Walking around Talaba-garbage disposal is a huge problem
Filipino jeepney (dpavey)
ILF worhsip band is starting them young
Makati skyline at night (dpavey)
Manila skyscrapers (dpavey)
Manila buildings (dpavey)
We learned hospitality from Filipinos ...this is posted on the wall of a home in a squatter area (dpavey)
marbles is still popular (dpavey)
game of darts
I love these baby swings
taking a bath (dpavey)
Balic Balic area
The former site of the church in Balic Balic (dpavey)
The Balic Balic gang (dpavey)
hanging laundry
Claire practicing guitar (dpavey)
Just hanging out (dpavey)
Bath time (dpavey)
Houses in Balic Balic (dpavey)
Look out- here comes the train (dpavey)
Tricycles (motorcycle and sidecar) are one of the main ways to get around
Tricycles everywhere (dpavey)
Scond story houses
Jeepneys (main form of public transportation) on the road (dpavey)
Jeepneys everywhere (dpavey)
Tricycles (dpavey)
Always lots of road side snacks available (dpavey)
market area (dpavey)
ice cream cart (dpavey)
chess (dpavey)
visiting in Balic Balic (dpavey)
life on the street (dpavey)
fish for sale
you can buy just about anything on the streets of Manila (dpavey)
Traffic is moving- slow-but it is moving
Friends Winston and Jannette
Ate Belen and Imee
Orchid
Bahay Kubo in Lucena- a great place to sit and relax
