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Huge Smiles

When I first arrived to Tlacoban,I was surprise to see how much the Filipinos had already cleaned-up from Typhoon Yolanda.  The conditions of the houses that were affected by the typhoon were devastating. When I first went out and talked…

Joy Amongst Grief

There’s an expression we’ve used a thousand times over: “A picture is worth a thousand words.”     It’s a phrase that rings through the mind with each click of a button, each fingertip scroll on a phone, each look…

Typhoon Survival

  Landing in Tacloban, I was not prepared for what I was seeing. Buildings that had been flattened and scattered, piles of rubble and mangled metal, vehicles upside down and piled on top of each other, and an airport that…

Why the Philippines?

The Philippines is well known for its tropical beaches, scuba diving, and awesome food but what else is there? Lets play the did you know game… Did you know that there are 175 languages and dialects in the Philippines? Did…

Pictures From The Field

“Lives were brought to Christ, children were loved, prayer was brought to communities, broken pasts restored, construction that will help lead to a brighter future was conquered, the hungry were fed, and relationships that will last and matter were formed.…

A Child-Like Love

Karly Herb participated in a three week Adventures Encounter trip to Kids International Ministries in Manila, Philippines.  She fell in love with the community and describes below being transformed by God’s love through the people she encountered.   “And so…

Love is Vulnerable

Hey all! It’s Stephanie. Goodness gracious. Where do I begin? Well, I believe that this whole team has experienced some degree of extreme passion, enthusiasm, exhaustion, heartbreak, unwillingness, over-willingness, frustration, overwhelming joy and so, so much more (maybe in different…