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| What an amazing feast- so blessed! |
It's day two of my mission adventure in the Philippines. The breakfast in morning is incredible rice is traditionally served with every meal. Both mornings I have been here, I have had the option of rice, spam, pork rolls, fried egg, this pork, egg and gherkin bake, bacon, bread and brewed Filipino coffee! what an amazing feast!
Today Ps Ace and two of his daughters friends are taking me out for an orientation day to see some of Manila. First we are going to be visiting a park called Rizal Park which is a memorial park for Jose Rizal who was an advocate for reforms in the Philippines and was considered a National hero. He was executed by the Spanish firing squad Army, following a false conviction for rebellion, sedition and conspiracy.
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| Jose Rizal being executed on the Spanish army firing squad. |
We walked all around the park and the inside of the wall that runs around the outside of Manila. It is so beautiful to learn about the history of this country. As we walked around the city, we saw many people trying to sell random things. They came right up to us and we had to repeat many times that we didnt want to buy anything from them. There were carriages that were led by horses that would take you around giving you a tour of the city. The craziest thing I saw today, was when a truck held up a long line of traffic, because he was buying something off a vendor in the middle of the road. The vendors were selling things like; peanuts, feather dusters, storage units and meat buns. After looking around for a while and taking photos, we decided to have some lunch. We were going to go to a place where you can make your own pizza, but we decided to stop down an alleyway in a place that made Fillipino, Chinese and Western food.
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| Some of the children from Equippers Manila South |
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Then after lunch we went straight back to the church for another Bible study. Ps. Ace has an appointment to go to, so I ended up hanging out with some of the children from the South church that were hanging around after school.They were so cute and friendly. They sung me some songs and they shared what their dreams were for the future. It was just so amazing see their passion for Jesus and how some of them hoped to be missionaries when they grew up! They also helped me learn more Tagalog and I really want to be able to have a basic conversation in Tagalog by the time I come home in two months time. Once the Bible Study started, I was asked to share a little about myself and how I ended up coming to the Philippines.
The day was finished off by dinner with Ps Ace and his wife Gee Gee at an Italian restaurant, where I had spaghetti bolonaise and a mango crepe for dessert! so delicious. Thats the end of day two :)
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