our first day of assemblies

Pastor Tony asked me to update his blog today. He left his computer at home so we could use it at Kids Church and Launch, but that means he has to borrow a computer if he is going to get to email or update the blog. Here is part of an email he sent me late last night (which was Thursday afternoon for him!).

Hey guys!

Our first assembly went great. We were supposed to have 200 and we ended up having 600 but it went well. The kids are so excited to see Americans. They treat you like a rock star. One of our assemblies on Tuesday is planned to have 3,000. The drama worked best to just scrap the script. The local team we are working with are great. One woman works at an Assembly of God seminary 6hrs north of Manila and she has been a huge help. Tomorrow we will work on having them do a little of it and by Tuesday we hope to just assist them. Our next assembly isn't until 5.

We went to the mall a while ago and ate at McDonalds. I had a Big Mac. Brandon had fried chicken and rice - McDo. I didn't buy anything yet. There's a walkover to get across the street to the mall so we don't have to cross traffic. That's nice. There's a lot of beggars on the walkover though. That's hard. We seem to be far enough away from Tourist stuff that Americas are still a spectacle.

He is really having a good time and making some good friends. He told me he would be sending some pictures soon, but in the mean time you can click on the links at the side under "Philippines Trip Blogs" to see some pictures of other people on his team and to read more about what is going on. You may want to scroll down some and look through their last several posts. They are all updating their blogs every day. See if you can spot Pastor Tony in the background of any of the pictures. He is in several.


Be sure and make a comment to Pastor Tony and let him know you are reading and praying for him and his team!

We'll update more later!
Sarah