joanna in the philippines

Well, today we are celebrating Thanksgiving. I am in the middle of nowhere with 5 Canadians, so as an American I am alone, but that just means I get to have a big fun meal a month earlier than usual (and another one later on... :)) So, all morning we've been cleaning and preparing because tonight we are going to have a big feast!!! :) No turkey though, just chicken! :)But it'll be fun. We did lots of cleaning, and Char and I will try to get as much ready and then hopefully we'll head to the beach. Its a beautiful day, and last night was so nice... the moon was full and it was SO nice on the ocean, oh so pretty. i tried to take a picture, but it was too dark! ha. go figure ;). Last night was friday family fun night... it was fun, as usual. Char and I took a walk and went to the river and talked for a long time yesterday. It was so nice to be able to get to know her better and share my story with her. I pray that I can be a good friend to her, and vice versa. She walked me out to the point, which goes into another cove. The water was high, so a lot of the rocks were under water, but there were these 2 amazing trees out there, right on the ocean. SO big... I will take a picture and put them on here, along with the others, as soon as I figure out how to resize them. Ive had the worst time lately trying to keep up to date!

We finished the book of Acts yesterday in the Bible study. I was only here for the last 2 chapters, but man was I encouraged reading about Paul. He was such a man of courage and he KNEW who his God was, and let nothing stop him from proclaiming Truth. I left encouraged, and longing to know Christ even deeper. It has been such a good time here. I am feeling good, but still having stomach problems, usually after I eat. It may just be something I will have to deal with the rest of the time here. Oh well... only... 5 more weeks! Ha, well, I should go help Char. That way I can say I did SOMETHING to help get ready for Thanksgiving! Miss you all!