Philippines!

I. My blog tool is all in Tagalog! Good think I know a little Taglish. :)
II. If I didn't give it away, Perry and I are in the Philippines. We arrived on Monday night at about 9pm.  We are here for a convention that happens every four years in the Church of the Nazarene.  The "main" site for the conference is in Indiana.  But since the US visa laws aren't always country friendly, in 2009 the church decided to have satellite sites.  I am here with 180 people from countries all over the Asia Pacific. Some I can share like the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, many of the island countries (like me...Micronesia) and others I cannot share due to sensitivity to their identities.  3 of the days are business...voting on resolutions, electing officers, etc.  Some days are workshops, church services, games, and very little sleep.

I. My blog tool is all in Tagalog! Good think I know a little Taglish. :)

II. If I didn't give it away, Perry and I are in the Philippines. We arrived on Monday night at about 9pm.  We are here for a convention that happens every four years in the Church of the Nazarene.  The "main" site for the conference is in Indiana.  But since the US visa laws aren't always country friendly, in 2009 the church decided to have satellite sites.  I am here with 180 people from countries all over the Asia Pacific. Some I can share like the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, many of the island countries (like me...Micronesia) and others I cannot share due to sensitivity to their identities.  3 of the days are business...voting on resolutions, electing officers, etc.  Some days are workshops, church services, games, and very little sleep. Since the main part of this particular conference is in the US, Manila is 12 hours difference. So we have the theme, "Up All Night." When the US has a session at 1pm, we are meeting at 1am.  So....we don't conclude until 5am.  HOWEVER, when I was here 8 years ago at this particular location there was no air con in our sleeping quarters.  Hallelujah they now have that so we can actually sleep in the day when it is so hot.  (Sort of)

With that said, I may not report in so often due to just catching a nap here and there.  This kind of schedule is hard on this old lady. I am also struggling to post on websites due to a weak internet connection. I do have pics, but they will have to come later. This is no way they are going to be posted while I am here. (Also, my posts may be separated in more than one part.)