Last Days

FROM BOHOL January 28, 2013 Today is Monday and we just have one more day here. We hope you received our video from the church service yesterday. It’s always wonderful to worship with our neighbors here in the barrio. After church we visited with Christian Acain, one of the barrio students studying in a vocational [...]

No Words…

Dear Friends and family, Ellen and I have just returned from a visit to a barrio to determine the needs for some wheelchairs. Little did we know who God would introduce us to. Our world stood still as we witnessed the tragic life of three girls. While they appear young one is 21 years old [...]

Driving adventures with Ellen

JANAURY 23, 2013 Yesterday, January 22, was a busy day for all of us. We took Denny to the ferry to spend the night in Cebu buying all types of needed supplies. Laarni and I then took “the list” and proceeded to go all around Tagbilarin to accomplish our tasks. We started out by visiting [...]

Update from Denny

January 21, 2013 Calunasan Sur Elementary School This morning we spent several hours with Sr. Pedrito – the new principal – to discuss what he thought it would take to meet his dream of a school “in the lime light” (his terms). The teachers are strong supporters of Pedrito and he shows a strong embrace [...]

New Tilapia Initiative!

It has been a while since we updated you on things going on in the Philippines! We have a great new project that is exciting for all you fisherman out there. Montana on a Mission has partnered with 2 barrios in Loboc, Bohol near Calunasan Sur to create a commercial tilapia operation. The barrios of [...]

It’s still Christmas here…

DAY 3 January 18, 2013 It was Christmas in the barrio today! Groups of carolers appeared at our door at various times throughout the day. They would sing a song or two and wish us Merry Christmas. The custom is for us to give pesos and then they go to the next house – and [...]

It’s Cold in the Philippines

January 16 and 17, 2013 Greetings from Bohol, Philippines.  We have been here for two days now, spending most of the days with Along (our manager) and Laarni his assistant.  So many discussions about so many things, ie:  future projects here in the barrio and neighboring barrios and of course management and maintenance of  Silangan [...]

Sunday, June 17 Recap Video

It’s difficult to put into words what God did in and through our team during the two weeks we joined His mission in the Philippines.  We put together this video to summarize all we learned and what God taught our team.  The events on the video are from our final days which included VBS, basketball [...]

Back to Montana

We are waiting in the Manila Airport to board our flight to Seoul, Korea.  The past several days went very fast and it is bittersweet to leave the Philippines.  Last night we celebrated with a Goodbye Party with the workers at Salagin Balay as well as many members of the Family Christian Fellowship.  Laughter, flashes [...]

From Walker

This is a post from Saturday, June 9. Toady was, agreed by the team, the best day so far.  It started off by waking up at 4 in the morning to hop in the jeep nee.  We drove to a dock about 10 miles away in the city and got on a boat.  We rode [...]

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