Week Three

There are few rare moments in life where you know you are amongst the people you are, at the core, the same as. I have experienced this feeling in hostels conversing with fellow backpackers, on the porch of the lacrosse house heckling freshmen, in the desert in Utah hiking with other young adults, and now in Santiago City, Philippines. I was at first a little bit worried to not have any other missionaries to lean on when I got here. However, I have slowly discovered that everyone here has far more in common with me than I thought. My office is built mostly of "outsiders" to Santiago City. People who come from villages in the mountains to help others here at the diocese. The cherry on top is that every day from lunch until 2pm we have siesta, a Spanish term meaning nap time. I also just moved into my new house. We are having a housewarming party today that will officially introduce me to the house. It is an amazing house. There is a master bedroom, a guest bedroom, kitchen, and main room. I have a stove, refrigerator, and air con in the bedroom!

Here are a couple pictures from last weekend's trip with Bishop Wandag

 Pet Monkey

 Some photos from a village closer to Santiago

 Me walking over one of the many hand-made bridges