Patrick here and I just watned to say that we all have arrived here safely without any hitches and with only one or two stomach upsets. The first party of approx. forty arrived yesterday at the hotel at about 1 pm, the second group (those coming for the megaoutreach of 3 weeks) at 12 midday today.
The first party left Heathrow at 10pm on Wednesday night with a ten-hour flight to Seoul, South Korea. After a four-hour stop-over, which included a therapeutic session of painting a traditional hand-held Korean fan, we flew onto Manila.
By the time we had gone through immigration and had been transported to our hotel, it was past 1 am. Most of us at least appeared to be surprisingly awake at the 5.30 breakfast, which, for some of us, was our first taste of Asia on the ground (some had garlic rice). Our plane to Cagayan de Oro was an hour late and we arrived just after 11am.
Our friends from the local YWAM base were there to meet us in one of the ubiquitous and colourful jeepneys (see posting below for a picture of one and Alison's description of the journeys). They drove us back to our hotel and both yesterday and today we have had some wonderful meals at the YWAM base with the Filipino volunteers who are joining us - succulent and sweet mangoes and bananas accompanied dishes of fried chicken and pork stir-fry.
This morning was a wonderful time of worship and hearing from God and focussing on our purpose for being here: to know God and make Him know. Like Moses, we may feel inadequate and that we do not have much but we know that if we bring to the Lord what we do have, then He will multiply it. Just as Jesus did twice with the loaves and fish.
We are anticipating with much excitement and joy what God is going to do through us this summer.
Thank you for your prayers and messages - please do continue.
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Yeah you arrived safely. horray! was it a long time to get there? are you jet lag.
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