Day #1

Full Day #1 in the Philippines:

Yesterday was great despite the tiredness, and the kids from San Pedro are so wonderful! We played games with them for their "sports fest" after we had a devotional. I met also many church people (the church youth group put on the sports fest), who are all also amazing. I bonded with this little kid, Inem or "Nem," who was very mischevious and so darn cute, verdad?

Ate at McDonalds for lunch (we got there by literally walking a path in the jungle to a long ladder and climbed over a wall and landed in the concrete gas station parking lot...so hilarious), and the mall for dinner at an Italian place. My supervisor Katie, an American from Michigan, says she eats more fast food her than in the States, but I hope to eat more locally. t's so tropical here and reaaaaaally humid. But not too too bad so far.

Well, today I'm off to an English church (1 hour commute) and then to the Ayala Filippino History Museum. It's amazing to be on overload absorbing and learning every second I pass something new, although hopefully the jet lag will wear off soon so my brain won't completely fry.

More pictures to come...