Day Eleven/Twelve: Payatas

It is currently Tuesday night and Jason and I have reached our peak of exhaustion on many different levels. We are also at the present moment fighting about what number day we should be posting... I think I won the fight... but since we are both so tired it was one of our more pathetic fights. Yesterday (day eleven) was our day off so there is not much to inform you of, but we had a chance to sleep and do laundry. Today (day twelve) we went back to Talisay for the feeding program. We were able to provide the church with vitamins to give to the families of the feeding program in this area. Unfortunately, our good intentions turned south when we realized the pharmacy did not give us the amount of vitamins we paid for leaving some mothers without vitamins...needless to say the mothers were not too happy. Julius had to explain that it was a mistake and we would go back to the pharmacy to hopefully correct the issue. God is good and the pharmacy realized that they short changed us and gave us the remaining bottles of vitamins. Again... another lesson learned... count and be sure you have what you paid for! After the feeding program we headed to Montalban which is a remote area outside of Manila that the government has created to bring squatters to. Julius' brother Johnrey is a pastor in this area. The government probably thought they were helping by providing housing, but they failed to provide other necessities such as a hospital/food/jobs/schools/etc. It is still amazing to me that the people in these hard pressed areas are always smiling and laughing. They cling to their Creator and trust that God will provide for their basic needs. I apologize that this post is going to be short but our brains and bodies are tired... more than tired... please pray for us as we need to be renewed physically and spiritually.