Luces

Last night I went with my host family, neighbors and friends to a fireworks show down in Teguc. We ate chicken, bean sandwiches, banana soda and brownies in the back of the pick up. Good times were had by all! The fireworks are sponsored by a fast food chicken place called Campero.

For the next 10 days, I{m hanging out with Jen, a SP missionary who works in India. She will be doing various presentations and promoting Servant Partners and India. Today we are going to a radio station to share (I think she{ll be doing more of the sharing). This Christian radio station has given Puerta al Mundo an hour and a half each week to talk about missions.

I will also be moving into my new house sometime next week. I have a mattress and my roommate has already furnished part of the rest of the house.

Good Bye

I leave on Wednesday, only 3 days left in Colorado! We had some family pics before I left, which had to be taken using the self timer.... so despite the many tries, we had a hard time finding pics that everyone was smiling in. Here are a couple:

..meaningful media..

A couple book and music recomendations to pass along

This is a great CD. Thanks Tara for introducing me.










A new and pleasant surprise in this new disc from Enter the Worship Circle. Their usual style is folk, but this album is all electric. I really love Simple and Tambourines.






Here are two books that I read for my Servant Partners training. The first is a great overview/introduction to the urban slums of the world. The second is a very complete resource for community organizing, and how the Kingdom of God intersects with the powers of the world (politics, economics and religion). Both are great reads.

Good bye

This weekend I've said good bye to many things:

Manila, Pilippines after being there for 5 weeks
our friends and community in Balic Balic
my team (pictured above)
being too hot and sweaty 24/7
rice with every meal
the threat of giant cockroaches crawling on me in my sleep
pandesal with mango jam for breakfast
bucket showers (not really good bye, more like 'see you later')