We have been so blessed these past 3 weeks spending time with our Faroese friends, Joannis and Jona Skorheim. Introducing them to Filipino life was great – showing them the church where we worship in Manila, the market where we buy our meat, fruits and veggies; acquainting them with our friends, tasting lots of new foods and trying various modes of transportation like jeepneys and tricycles.
We also had a few fun day trips, one of them being to Tagaytay where a small boat took us across Lake Taal where we rode horses up the hill to see the active volcano. That being followed by a lovely dinner in a garden made it a memorable day. Other days we spent in Baguio, Banaue and Corrigidor Island where Douglas MacArthur spoke his famous words, "I Shall Return." Another special event was attending a Sunday morning service in the Kalanguya tribe. Seeing the believers leading the service and teaching the Word is the bottom line of why we are here, so that is always a huge encouragement.
They also were able to spend time with the other two Faroese couples here – Olavur & Asa Jokladal who work at Faith Academy, and JJ & Cathy Rasmussen doing translation work on Palawan. Not only was it a fun and refreshing time for us to have our friends here, we are also thankful they can take a report back to our home church in the Faroes and share with the believers there what God is doing here in the Philippines.
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