It's hard to see that one family could possibly make any difference. It would be easy to get discouraged, and we've only been here two days. But God reminds me of what He told Mother Teresa about not trying to do big things, but do small things with great love. Or how He told Katie in Uganda to help the one He puts in front of her today, and trust that He has other plans for the rest.
Help the one that God puts in front of you today. Seems like that is doable. If more Christians would help the one in front of them, we could change the world in a Big God way.
The ministry here gets service. I can tell that First Love and On the Rock Ministries understand that you can't change everything, or help everyone. Nor can you just give handouts, then walk away. They understand that you have to change the opportunities available to a people so that the people can then help themselves. So the school we are building will serve a small portion of kids in need, but we'll serve them well and they will have a chance to change the cycle.
So this is a place to order pizza in Manilla - I have no idea where they cook the pizza...
From the prop job we flew to Caticlan.
Taking the boat from Caticlan on Panay to Boracay.
Leaving Caticlan.
The sun was setting. By the time we made it to our temporary home it was dark. The boys swam anyway! Our new best pals, the Russel family, met us at Caticlan and escorted us to the Jungle Barn. Then the boys all swam in the dark.
At about 5am the next day the boys were back in the water.
Temporary quarters while we look for a house to rent.
Well I've got to go. We are heading to the scuba shop to get masks and snorkels for everybody. After lunch we head to Panay and the Ati site where the second school is being built.
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