Internet is very slow and unreliable here. Most of the time, there is no connection, so please do not send long messages or attachments, or even respond to my reports.
Forgot to mention how Judy and Leo blessed us when we left by providing each team member with a goodie bag of snacks and Connie also brought several bags of candy (as if we weren't hyper enough). Such love demonstrated by action! We met at 4 PM in the hotel restaurant to briefly go over the schedule for the next few days and shared about how God prepared us for tour. We then sang a little, and then went to our respective rooms to spend some quiet time and prepare our devotions. We met for dinner and shared our devotions. Except for the Hong Kong group, we were quite tired from jet lag so we all retired early.
July 12, Saturday
Met for breakfast at 7 in the hotel restaurant (breakfast is included as part of our room rate, about $12.50 per person per night). A few of us woke early (3-4 AM) due to jet lag, but God's mercies are new every morning. Breakfast is good: a buffet with fresh fruit (papaya, pineapple, and watermelon), congee, garlic rice, chicken (goes great with congee or rice), corn beef hash, bread, a chef who will scramble or fry eggs for us, and pineapple juice, probably the best meal for the day. After breakfast, we walked to church to do our devotions. Their sound man came to do a sound check in preparation for Sunday worship so we sang a little. Found out Internet at the church seems to be much more reliable than the hotel, so I will be sending reports whenever I can.
After devotions, a few went on a prayer walk around the church. It turns out TLCC is renting their property from Marshall's old boyhood friend Ephraim Liuson. So some of us went to visit the house Marshall grew up in from the mid 1950's until he left in 1960 and Marshall's parents continued to live in until they emigrated to the US (just around the next block). The house will be torn down shortly but there is still a ministry being done at that place, training living skills to young men, teaching them to build furniture as well as have them learn art, make art from recycled material, and music.
Those of us, led by Diana and Ray, who went on a prayer walk around the church, noticed the poverty and unsanitary living conditions of the people living nearby. We prayed as a group for opportunities to share God's love and for salvation for the people of Cebu. We walked by our hotel and prayed that we would show God's love to everyone we encountered as we would be staying at this hotel for most of the time we are on tour. Right then, a group of young children approached us to beg for money. It was a heart breaking situation for our group because we were told to ignore the children and not give them anything. One of our students felt so sad because he grew up in the Philippines and felt like he could have been one of those kids. We came back to the church, praying that God would give us wisdom and clarity for how to reach and the love the people we encountered, despite language, cultural and social status barriers. We then ate lunch and met up with Chris from OM and Randy from TLCC who will leading us in small groups of 4 to 5 different children ministries OM is doing in the nearby area.
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