September 18, 2007 – Update:
LIGHT OF THE WORLD MINISTRY – PHILIPPINES
| We moved into the Staff Residence August 1-3. We have been moving stuff with big trucks (see picture), our Van and our car for several weeks! We filled several trucks like this for 2 days! We have 9 workers, not including me. We needed every one of them! We need to hire a cook now as we will have 20-25 eating 3 times a day during the school year. |
| Finally….. the house is painted inside (and almost all inside!) It really looks wonderful. It is still really hot even though we are in the rainy season. Sitting on a cliff, we get such wonderful breezes. I love it so much. God’s Presence is here in a very, very tangible measure. |
| This was to
be the women’s side of the house but until we get a dormitory for
the men, we have to alter our original sleeping arrangements. (I paid for a satellite dish with my own funds as there is no T.V. reception or cable T.V. in our area.) Aren’t the flowers are so beautiful! |
| The veranda
on the back of the house completed the security grills. We still
need 2 grills for the front entrance which we will make ourselves.
(Three of our workers are welders as well as having many, many other
skills and gifts!) We will bring fill dirt to build up the yard in the rear of the house as it is the lowest point in the back. |
| This is the
view I have from the veranda outside my bedroom windows! Everyone on
the back side of the house has a gorgeous view. It was stormy when I took this and you can hardly tell where the sea stops and sky begins. There is a major island across from our house called Iloilo. It is only visible on a really clear day. I just love looking out and praising God for His love (and for yours!) |
| Here are the 9 tables and 27 chairs we bought for the new school year! Having some new and better equipment is a real morale lifter for all of us. (I mean the 3 part time faculty and the 3 full time teachers, including me!) Our old homemade wooden tables and plastic chairs were 16 years old! |
I am still working on a newsletter.
Love, Wanda
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