Our Typical Schedule

We've had some great adventures in the past few days, and the guys will be filling you in on those, but I want to talk a little about what our normal activities are.

We wake up between six and seven, shower (with cold water: there is a heater but trust me, we don't need it), have a bit of free time for devotions and such, and eat breakfast. We go to work at maybe a quarter to eight, doing construction work until lunch. After lunch we do a Bible study with some of the construction workers (who live in the area). Then we head back to work until perhaps four. We shower again after work, as we get very dirty. Sometimes some of us go on feeding trips bringing food and medicine to neighboring communities (probably when Miles gets here we'll also visit her ministry). We have dinner and then head up to the Children's Home to do devotions and play with the kids until about eight. After that is free time, which depending on our fatigue could be going straight to bed, playing games or watching movies, or going out for a night on the town. At bedtime we often shower again (we sweat a lot here) and go straight to sleep. Weekends are more flexible and we try to schedule at least one major trip out. Often we'll do more construction Saturday morning if we have a known task to complete (we have to defer to our skillful Filipino foremen). We also spend time with the kids in the Children's Home and the community: playing basketball, for example. Of course, we spend Sunday morning in one of the local churches.

So, that's the general schedule, but as I said we've had several adventures and a lot of great opportunities to serve in special situations as well. We are continually praising God for his evident work in the ministry here and the chance to be a part of it. Pray that we (and it) will continue with strength to run the full course.