Happenings...

These are some of our experiences over the past week or so:
- Seeing a huge pile of dead cockroaches the morning street-sweepers had gathered
- Being in a small traffic backlog, only to discover the cause: a vehicle temporarily “parked” in one of the lanes while the driver waited with engine running. Our taxi driver said “Only in the Philippines!” with a little laugh and shake of his head.
- Encountering a destitute-looking woman on a main street, clothed with only a t-shirt.
- Loving the sound of rumbling thunder as the rainy season starts here. That means the hottest weather is behind us, and the days will be cooled now by afternoon rains.
- Seeing God’s provision in bringing us a house-helper on the very day Elijah came down with a virus. We really thank the Lord for Veronica! She will live in our house and help us so that we have time to learn the language.
- Having the chance to buy barbequed chicken-foot-on-a-stick from a street vendor! (We haven’t tried these yet, tasty as they look.)
- Eating our favorite fruit – mangosteen, which has a purple rind with tart fruit sections inside.
- Finishing the very first part of language school. Next we'll have a section called "phonetics", a study of the sounds in the Tagalog language.