July 4th, 2010 - Happy Fourth of July!

We had an early morning Independence Day display of color. I am up every morning to watch the sunrise over the jungle, but today's sunrise was the best so far this trip. It was God's fireworks for us! Today was our last day of ministry here in the Philippines, the last day with the Filipino high school students. Our dear friend from many years ago, Francis, was in town. He preached for our church this morning. About 70% of his teaching was in the local language, the rest in English.

Following church, 4 jeepnees caravanned to the Bohol Beach Club with all our friends. It was a time of fun on the beach and great conversations with the students. When our friends left, our team went to ICM for our last hurrah of souvenir shopping. I, having been here 7 times now, grabbed a book and sat at the coffee shop. When going home, we had dinner and group time. We talked over our time during the weekend and it sounded like a lot of our team connected well with our Filipino friends.