Our new home, neighborhood, and city

Over the weekend, we traveled through Manila a little bit, saw the nice section (Makati City), went to a huge international church, and shopped at the mall for two hours for some essentials like toothpaste, shampoo, and a basketball. We've discovered that basketball is a passion in the Philippines, and we are going to have to get better if we want any friends. We had a great reflection time on Sunday night, and one of the main things we talked about was the weirdness of living in the squatter village, where sewage runs in the street gutters, and going twenty minutes to Makati, which looks as nice as Boston. And how that relates to God's idea of justice. Sometimes I feel like you shouldn't waste breath praying for us, we're fine, but kids like Chris, Jobell, and Armie are in need of God's help, and God's people's help.

ps. the pictures are of dan unclogging the girls shower, shane and macy in our neighborhood, the girls and boys bedrooms, and Atte Bing cooking in our kitchen (it's important that we provide jobs in the community)