Another update from Mitch....my comments and explanations are in blue.
Greetings to everyone. I have been very busy here in Cebu, but things are going very well. Let me bring you up to date on the highlights.
Saturday was a great day! We spent the day at the local high school working and building the new restrooms (comfort rooms as they are called here in the Philippines). (The local high school originally only had one restroom for over 1,000 students.) We hauled in the block by hand and mixed our mortar. We laid the walls and framed the doorway and windows in two of the four bathrooms. A ditch was dug for the sewer pipe and water was piped from the main school building. The remaining two bathrooms were completed by local Filipino friends on Monday. The school now has another 4 working restrooms.
Saturday afternoon we celebrated Dbhelinda's birthday. She turned 14 years old at Wesley. We had Mango cake (even better than the Mango ice cream). Saturday evening we went out to dinner with Pastor Jerusalem, our new pastor at Wesley and his praise team. It was a very enjoyable evening.
Sunday was a great day! We visited the local church here in Liloan - where our kids attend once per month. I was invited to preach. It was wonderful worship - Filipino style - My American friends would be exhausted. It lasts for about three hours, but its really great! The church served us lunch and then we took the kids to the beach for the afternoon. They swam and played and had a great time.
On Monday, we visited another island where Pastor Jerusalem has another church. The sea vessel we took looked a bit "non-sea worthy", however, it got us to where we were going. The boat arrived at the island at low tide and could only get about 100 yards from shore. We had to "Swim for it". Really not that bad, the water was only waste high. it was fun. We had church service in a small church and I enjoyed speaking there. Pastor Jerusalem had to interpret for me. I was tired and went to bed pretty early that night.
ALL is good here. We are preparing to begin a staff meeting now for Wesley Home staff so I will close for now. More to come. Thanks for your prayers.
Mitch
Please continue to keep Mitch in your prayers as he wraps up his work over the next couple of days.
Thankful, Sheryl
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