I headed out of my kwarto (bedroom) at 9:00 this morning to begin my grade 3 reading class. Pastor Ding intercepted me before I could get there though, and said that because of the rain, the City Hall might be closed down tomorrow, and since my visa extension was about to expire, it really would be best if we went right then. So, go we did. It's only in the next city over, and it took us all of ten minutes to get there, which is lovely compared to the 2 hours it took us to get to the Immigration Office downtown. One of the workers there even served me coffee! He must have somehow known the way to my heart is through a hot cup of coffee.... So I renewed. I'm cleared to stay in the Philippines until September 30. After that I'll renew again until November 30, then fly away. It cost me 7, 500 pesos today!!! For those who are mathematically challenged like me, allow me to make the calculation for you! It came out to be 170 dollars. Not cheap any time, but especially on a missionary budget! Wow. It's a darn good thing I'm in the clear for two months now.
We made it back to the church in plenty of time for me to eat some snacks, and then proceed to my grade 2 class. They copied out Isaiah 40:29-31 (one of my long time favourite scriptures) into their notebooks, then after my checking to make sure they copied correctly, they wrote out the scripture again onto a clean piece of white paper. On monday we'll color and design our papers, and I plan to bind them together to make a book. Bukas, (tomorrow) is our 'Nutrition Day'. Each grade will prepare part of our lunch, and along the way we'll discuss the nutrition values of different foods. My responsibility is to prepare dessert with the preschoolers. We are going to make a delicious banana dessert :) You simmer sugar, water, and salt. A syrup starts to form. Then you add your neeners and simmer longer. Then you serve your yummy neeners with sauce overtop. It's ma sarap!
So now I'm resting before we go to Gruar. Please keep us in your prayers that our students homes won't be flooded in all this rain, and that classes will continue. Also, this sunday I'll be sharing for youth group. Mark and I will play the song we wrote together, meaning I'll be singing in front of a hundred or so, depending on if it's raining. Much less people will show up if it's still raining hard. I'm nervous! But what I want to remember is that this song isn't about me, or how well I sing it, but it's all about testifying to what God has done in my life. That's really all it's about. Him. I'll also be sharing a portion of my testimony and speaking out something I feel God has placed on my heart for the youth. I pray that lots of the new kids will come, and that they won't be stopped by all the water.
Funny how I managed to write a few paragraphs, mostly about nothing!
Ingat kayo... (take care!)
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