First Few Days..

We are finally in Pagudpud after about a thousand years. We are all still very tired but it is nice to be here. So far I am quite homesick...I can't imagine 8 months right now! Your prayers are greatly appreciated. It is the rainy season right now...It is very warm but has been overcast and pours rain periodically. Yesterday we went on an eight minute "tricycle" ride (like a rickshaw) to the beautiful tropical white sand beach. I want to visit there often! We sipped coconut milk out of the actual coconut and toured the beautiful (and cheap!) resorts around us. Then three of us went to be judges for the local high school's beauty pageant. It lasted 4 and a half hours...but was fun to watch. They are very westernized in their music and clothing...quite risque though! The girls had lots of dance routines in their little belly shirts...the boys were partial to lots of pelvic movements in their dances...definitely an experience! Pray that the doctor arrives soon...without him, we don't know if the clinic will run. He is a filipino man and we have not heard from him yet. Please pray lots and lots for me! I am incredibly homesick and need prayers. I miss America a lot. But I know this will turn out for the best...at least I hope so!