Takin' her as she comes

Just another day in the Philippines...

After spending Saturday here in the house, it was pretty much glorious to get out on Sunday and meet up with the rest of the SMP team at the Calamba CRC's anniversary service. It was also Pastor Ver's (my host family's) birthday celebration that same day, so Grace was not able to take Karlynn and I to Calamba. The result? An amazing feeling of independance when the two of us took the jeepnie on our own. :)

And today brought us to Los Banyos to practice our HIV presentation with the LB peer educators, after which we visited the Irri (ooooh... go figure, I can't remember exactly how to spell that either), a rice research institute. They have all different kinds of test plots to try and make rice that will yield more and last better in specific climates. They even keep a certain amount of rice stored from countries all over the world. Not only can they study them, but if a drought or something happens in that country, they can send them back their rice. It's actually pretty interesting, and they aim to help with poverty as they improve rice farming. Pretty interesting indeed.

Tonight is supposed be the last night here with our host family. Then first thing tomorrow morning the SMP team will head out to Bohol via plane ride, until Saturday. "Expected" schedule includes snorkeling, chocolate hills, and checking out a childrens program (I think...) Of course, we'll just take each day as she comes...

there isn't any better way

:)