Archive for Life in Palawan
Missionary life
Dwayne:
The hanger construction has been going well. We poured the second apartment roof last night. I learned Filipinos can work twice as fast at night than they can in the day. We got the second roof poured in 6 hours instead of 11 like the first one. It is a relief to have [...]
Missionary work report
A BIG THANK YOU FROM A LITTLE CHURCH
New church for Cabar
God has blessed the little Cabar church near our land in many ways lately. They would like to send their thanks to each of you who have helped our project which has also benefited them in many ways! First of all, they praise God for [...]
Demon possession and Baptisms
Step of Faith
We had a faith-building experience the other day. The head elder, Lito from the Cabar church and his family had been humbly asking for our help in finding a sponsor for their daughter to be able to go back to the Adventist academy here on Palawan. She had gone last year but they [...]
Dedication through Adversity
Wendy:
Eric's departure
Here we are in Manila again, but not for much longer. Dwayne is doing the dirty work of going into the smoggy city every day doing business while I'm enjoying a cooler, more comfortable time at my parents' home, getting some work done also. We came out with Eric (Dwayne's brother) since he was [...]
Mobile Clinic Adventures
Wendy:
Miracle in Manila
It's been an exciting few weeks. First of all we went to Manila to do some errands and it was so nice to be "home" again with my parents for a little while. One of the biggest reasons for going to Manila was to pick up some medicine we were ordering from a [...]
Change is good
Wendy: It's a monumental occasion. My mountain life days are coming to an end. It's with mixed emotions to leave my life of 5 years in my quaint bamboo/grass roof hut, in the beautiful mountainous, peaceful setting. I am very excited about this new life and our growing ministry, though, I cannot deny it, but [...]
News from the New Year
Dwayne: These last few weeks have been eventful for us. The day before Christmas we went up to Puerto to take care of a few things, and then on Christmas day Wendy's parents flew down from Manila to visit. We drove a little ways north on Palawan and across the island to Port Barton. It [...]
Busy busy
Wendy: What a busy time of year even over here, far from the holiday rush of the civilized world. It's been an exhausting but fulfilling and adventure-filled week.
We just finished a week of mobile clinics with health talks and Bible stories in some remote AFM and PFM projects. We had a volunteer Filipino doctor with [...]
Malaria again and PFM trip
Dwayne: I am recovering from the worst malaria episode that I have had. It started 4 days ago. I had close to 104 degree temps a lot of the time. Part of why it lasted so long was I was trying some natural stuff (Demol) that you spray under the tongue at certain intervals. It [...]
Helicopter excitement; training new nurses
Dwayne: God has been good to us these past weeks. I finally got our flat-bed trailer finished and made a back bumper for our pickup so we can pull the trailer. Wendy has been training the new student missionaries into the clinic.
I had an interesting Sunday a week ago. I had to take a seriously [...]