Brown out, Mount Luho, and more visitors......

I just chuckle a little whenever they refer to a power-outing as a "brown out." They asked me what we call it, and when I told them "black out" they laughed too. Just thought I would leave you all with this thought. He he! There has been a few brown outs while I am here. I guess it is pretty common and just something you live with. But it sure does stink when it's night, and hot, and your fan doesn't work! But boy is it great to wake up and your fan is on!

Jessica took me to Mount Luho a few days ago. Yes, just a mere hill when compared to Colorado, but amazing none the less. You can see in every direction with nothing obstructing your view. So I could see the other side of the island that I haven't got a chance to see much of. You could also see all the neighboring islands. 

By the way, I'm pretty sure I found the island from Lost. It moved right next to Boracay and some have mistaken it for Panay!!! haha, I'm silly today!

They have a little zoo at Mount Luho too. Very little. They have some monkeys that are tied up and out in the open, and hilarious. They ones that are caged up are what they call the "crazy" ones, and the ones tied up are the "loving" ones that like people....... and puppies! One monkey was holding a little puppy and getting all the fleas off it. The cutest thing I have ever seen! I guess he hangs out with the chicken too!

We had more visitors this week. They were visiting the Philippines from Chicago. Tracy was a missionary in Manila for 16 years and met her husband there. Her husband, Don was a missionary in Manila for 5 years. They brought their friend from Chicago, Rita. They visited old friends in Manila, then took a short getaway trip to Boracay. And while they were here they wanted to check out the ministry. God is just sending people to see this amazing ministry.

(Back row: ?, Mylene, Pastor Rolando, Visitor Rita, Teresa, Visitor Don, and Visitor Tracy.

Front row: Candy and Jimer)

Today the next group comes in from Hong Kong. New challenges face the ministry today. Some of the kids from the group aren't Christians. So it is our goal to expose them to God's love. We hope to make a change in their life this week. We hope they can be moved by this ministry and give their life to Jesus. So please pray for this group. Pray that they will come to the Lord while they are here. 

So what the heck do I do when the groups aren't here?

One of the things that I am concentrating on right now is getting lessons ready for Sunday school and for the kids at the feeding sites. It's nice because you can teach the same lesson everyday for one week. So it requires some creativity on my part. Ahhhhh! So I make one large visual aide and a large bible verse to go along with the lesson. I also make memory verse cards with every lesson. They can hand these out to the kids to take home and learn for the next week. I also make a coloring sheet for Sunday School. With all this I need some kind of organization so when I leave the teachers understand what exactly I was getting at when putting these together.

The first lesson I made was on the Fruit of the Spirit. I drew a big tree and cut out fruit with 

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control written on them. I had the kids stick the fruit on the tree. All the ministry staff were like, "oh Jess, you are such an amazing artist!" ha ha ha ha ha ha. Little do they know, it took me like 2 hours to make it because I am absolutely terrible at drawing! Just a perfectionists. 

So there lies my concentration when the groups aren't here. I hope to make lessons for 30 weeks out, but I will get done more if I can. For me to be able to do this, more time is opened up for the ministry staff to concentrate on other things.

Also, you see the post about the Atienzas? I will be doing these for all the people of the ministry staff and some other people on the island. These blogs will eventually go on the ministry website so people can get closer to the ministry and the people behind the scenes. Another project I am excited about taking on is getting pictures of the kids who aren't sponsored yet. I guess I am like the tech person. AGAIN ha ha ha ha ha ha HA! But I will use the knowledge I do have and use it for the ministry. Thanks God!

Everyday I get to go to the feeding sites and this is my absolute favorite part. I love getting to help the kids and bandage up their wounds. To the TCIS people reading this...... they LOVE the shark song, banana song, and Mercy is falling. Many of the kids are singing the songs when we arrive, and then they are begging us to sing them!!!!! Good job TCIS!

Thank you for reading..... may God bless you all!