Philippines continued

Saturday - June 27

- 7 am arrive home to host family's house from an all night Karaoke and swimming party at a private hot spring pool
- Sleep until 2 pm
- Pork and rice for lunch
-Shopping at Supermarket for making dinner tomorrow with one of my host brothers (pork, potatoes, dried mangos - P500)
- P20 expense to use internet in mall
- 4:30 - 6 pm hang out at home and pack for Bicol
- 6 pm band practice at church
- Watch movie - Alvin and the Chipmunks
- 10:30 pm bedtime

Sunday

- 6 am rice, eggs, sausage for breakfast
- 8 am Sunday School
- 9 - 11 am church
- noon-1 pm nap
- 1-2 pm run and play B-ball with neighborhood kids
- 3:30 - 7 pm Transformer's II at the mall with Los Banos CRC youth
- Pancit (noodles and rice) for dinner
- 9 pm bedtime

Monday

- 8 am HIV/AIDS prsentation at Pila National High School
- Lunch at Pila Delight
- Internet
- Cook for group at host families house with host brother
- Dinner with group (brown sugar and cinnamon bannanas, pork and sauce, rice, pastries, french fries, dried mangos)

Tuesday

- 4 am wake up to travel to Bicol
- 8 am hike up a mountain in a national forest where we could see both the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea - noon
- 7 pm arrival in Bicol
- 7-9 pm group devos
- 9 pm bedtime

Wednesday

- Meet with a baranguay (town) leader = "courtest call" - pay respect to authorities
- Visit a puto stand to see how it is made ( a rice snack)
- Lunch at Jollibee
- Stories from people in baranguay who formed a co-op from which they can take loans
- Hike up to a pineapple farm
- Ice cream at Jollibee
- Meet families who have kids being helped by Compassion International
- Visit hospital for a rash that I developed - all is well - got a free check up b/c the doctor was a Christian at the private hospital we visited. The doc flew to Manila every weekend to go to church
- Rice and chicken for dinner at hotel
- Sing hymns
- Group devos
- 10 pm bedtime

Thursday

- 8 am rice cakes, bannanas, peanut butter, hot cocoa, bread for breakfast
- Attend livelihood workshop on making soap and jewelry
- Spaghetti for lunch at Jollibee (local fast food)
- Visit a pre-school with 100 kids started by a family
- HIV/AIDS presentation to pastors in Bicol
- Travel to Legasbi
- 10 pm bedtime

Friday

- 9 am breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts
- Visit Intervarsity Christian Fellowship leader - arrange future HIV/AIDS workshops
- Drop off laundry
- Visit governor's office where greeted by a provicial health doc
- Visit Mayor's office for a courtesy call
- Lunch at Bigg's Diner (pizza and carrot pineapple shake)
- Run errands at mall
- Dinner at hotel
- Hang out and devos
- 11 pm bedtime