DAY 2 in Talaan - Visiting the nearby villages
3G Ministries are the ones who are hosting us here in Talaan. Becky was our main contact who is from Hawaii but has been living in the PI doing ministry for the past 6 years. She was the one who organized our stay out here and to whom we are very grateful! Ate Alice is the director and co-founder of the ministry and her heart for the local poor and the nearby displaced muslim tribes (called the 'Badjao' people from Mindanao) was inspiring. On the first full day we took a small boat to visit these villages that they reach out to.
The muslim 'Badjao' people are the poorest of the poor out here and tend to be treated as outcasts. It has only been a year since the ministry has been reaching out to them, but they've already made a big impact. They've simply just loved these people, built friendships with them, and cared for their needs where they were able to. While we were there they followed up on the health of people and provided simple medicines. In another case, a family had lost their bamboo hut in the last typhoon (a few days ago), and they brought nails to help them in their rebuilding.
This reminded me that ministry is simple...love sacrificially until they wonder why, then share the reason.
