We arrived back in Manila and had a delicious dinner (more filipino food!) with my Uncle and Aunty. They had put up their real Christmas tree while we were gone, and the smell of pine really made it feel like the holidays. We took a picture with my Uncle, Aunty, my cousin Shelly, her husband Mitch and their daughter Isabel.

 Final Thoughts:
It was an eventful trip for Lynnette and I, and just as we expected, it turned out to serve many purposes. It was a missions trip - with the opportunity to minister to and be blessed by our sponsor child and his family. It was a scouting trip - to see if the Philippines was a place we could see ourselves spending more time in. It was a work trip - a chance for me to touch base with the Entheos team in the Philippines. And finally it was a vacation - to relax, eat good, and spend time with friends and family.

 We know that we'll be back again next year. Both Lynnette and I sense that God has drawn us here for a reason - and we know that we need to continue to explore what God might have for us here. We know we need to make ourselves available to be used in whatever we can in order to be a blessing in this place.

 We'll be flying out Tuesday afternoon and we'll arrive on Tuesday morning, please continue to pray for a safe a trip home - and that we'll get an entire row of seats to ourselves!

 Finally, thank you, to all of you, for joining us in this short journey. We are grateful for all the prayers that were prayed each day, and for all the comments that reminded us of the great support of friends and family that we have.

 Maraming Salamat Po!