We've been in the Philippines for just over a month but it feels like a lifetime. I guess that is what happens when you pack up boxes from 2 different locations, go through the experience of shipping them, take 5 plane rides (2 more coming up this month), unpack a house and learn how to get around a new town! We've been busy!

We love the new town we're in. It has a totally different feel to it then where we lived in Mindanao. After the heat of Butuan, we're most impressed by the great weather here. The first few weeks we were here the weather was perfectly lovely! It has been heating up, as we're moving into the summer months, but the heat here is nothing to what we've experienced before. Our new house is great too. It is filled with wall to wall windows so we get to enjoy the breezes through the house. We're so thankful that we're in our new house and getting settled. We've managed to paint a few rooms, hang a few curtains and are starting to feel like it is home.

We're thankful too that the kids are getting settled in and adjusted. Mirielle contiunes to delight us with the ways in which she is growing. A few weeks ago, she decided that she wanted to be the one to pray before she went to bed. It went something like this: "Dear Lord, we say goodnight. We have breakfast in the morning and lunch at night and we have a safe trip on the airplane. Amen".

While Jason has been having fun flying the last 2 weeks (make sure and read the next blog), the rest of us have been adjusting to having him gone during the day. Mirielle has been having a hard time since Dad has been flying and isn't around to give her his undivided attention! I have been having a hard time adjusting to being at home all day almost every day. I really miss having a reason to get out of the house (Moms group at church) and getting out for fun (Target)!

Please continue to pray for us as we head into the beginning of our ministry. We feel like we've been experiencing a lot of opposition spiritually and emotionally in the last few weeks. Right before we left, some friends of ours gave us some new books which Jason and I have been reading and they have been a huge help to us. We've been realizing that the Devil has been doing a great job at getting us to believe his lies! Please continue to pray for us (me -Jen, especially) as we take our worries and anxieties to the Lord and measure them against the truth of his Word. "And the truth shall set you free!" We appreciate you holding us up in prayer and know that your prayers make a huge difference in our lives over here.


Make sure and check out our photos! They tell a great story of what we've been doing here the last few weeks.