More of July

In late July, all eighteen of us crammed into our beaten up red van for a day in the mountains, just this time we remembered the camera (so now we can blog about it :P)


A log was in the way...that should explain.

Most of us went exploring on the creek, the dads went fishing, while some just hung out at the campsite.


Ummm...Taylor?


"Ooh, that's cold!"

One of the few things we found floating down the river


Standing on the United States/Canadian National Border (on the US side of course :D ), in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by huckleberry bushes

Boating the creek in a half barrel contraption



Uh, boating?




Eating cherry pie

"Hey! Look what I caught--cherry pie!"

Littles asleep on the drive home

July

I had an aMAZing one month visit home this July in beautiful Idaho. The month was busy...but great--loved seeing my family again. :)

Just a few memories...


Trying to get over jet lag (this is actually a very good memory...look! We were able to sleep :)

Milking the cow...

Ice cream made from that fresh milk. Mmmmmmm

And cherry pie

AND huckleberry pancakes!

The cherry-shooting slingshot:

The victims:

THIS is what happens when we stay up past midnight playing games....or maybe it's the milk's fault. Mad cows disease or sumpthin'. Yeah, that's it.

In just the one year that I was gone, my family *somehow* collected 15+ kittens. We managed to pawn several of them off to unsuspecting, naive...er.... LUCKY and PRIVILEGED families. Anyone want a cute, sweet, innocent little kitten???

Dinnertime

Hiking....

Swimming...(okay, okay...only two people were brave enough)


And SLEDDING....all at the same lake

Great views

Fishing around our house


"Ummm, guys, this is just disgusting...do we really have to put it on the blog???" :P

Ultimate frisbee

A great dance...

Jonathan and Gillian were quite the dancers....even performed some aerials.


Jumping off the cliff at the Yak

Rafting down the Moyie River


And many, many more memories :)
Love you guys!!

Back in the Phils

Whelp, I'm back on one of the 7 thousand something islands of the Philippines. They put us into the swing of things right away--had night shift last night, but (praise the Lord) it was slow and we were all able to sleep a little.

Also, another awesome blessing: on our flight from Tokyo to Manila, the Nelsens and I were all bumped up to 1st class. Hurray for seats that recline to an almost flat position!! :)

Jordan...

is GOING HOME!!! Tomorrow!! For a whole month!!!!!!

YES!!!!

*goes and explodes with excitement....* :D

Text Messages & Watermelon

Texting is a huge part of the Philippines...and over the last few months, I've collected quite a few of them...

~nO mattr hOw mNy cOins u thrOw intO a fOuntain.. Or d number of fiNgers u crOss.. f its nOt meant 2 b.. it simpLy wOn’t happen… gudnyt

~Friendship iSn’t ranked by.. whom we hav known d longest who came 1st or who caRes d best it’s aBout who came.. and NEVER LEFT..

~deR’s 1 th!ng I wAnt 2 sAy, bUt.. itS nt aS hUmbLe aS “sOrRy,” oR nt aS sw!t aS “I LuV u”, oL I wnt 2 sAy is.. “tHaNk U” 4 bE!ng sO nice tO me”,.. mOwning mwah!

~FRIENDS arE LikE FishEs…yOu havE To Sit paTientLy For LonG TimE To CatcH a nice One…juSt Like i CaugHt yOu…itz bEtter To Stay niCe Or eLze..iL Fry yOu! haHa!!

~In reply to my text: “Oh good! I’m glad you’re doing well! You know you can come tomorrow, or next week. I’d love to see you and your baby! And I can do a baby check if you want. :)”-- Okey… Of course! I’m wlling you to check my baby and i want to knw you that I trust you very much… I’m visit you there by nxt friday, cause that day was restday of my husband but the other day he has work and I have a 3years son and no can take him if i go there the other day, and if ever i’ll bring my 2 children there its hard for me cause i’m only one to take 2 babies, so see you nxt friday and i hope that time no can broke my plan.

~F frieNdz caN b Lost simpLy by cLosiNg our eyes...i wudnt bLink at aLL! for i dOnt want to Let a seCoNd pasS N Lose a reaL frieNd as SpeciaL as U..Gud_morning

~mEdicinEs & fRiEnDs bOTh cUre prbLms, d onLy diFrnS s daT d frnDshp dnT hV expiRy d8, nO doSage, nO priCe.. lucKy 2 hv 1! “yOu” a drUg mOst prescribed..


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Also, has anyone heard of yellow watermelon? Do we have this in the States?

Katitipan Visit #2

Janelle and I went back to Katitipan this time armed with charts, doppler, BP cuff, thermometer, etc. There are several pregnant women in Katitipan that we had the opportunity to give prenatals.


My new continuity Darling :)

After prenatals, we went over to Candy's house for dinner because it was her birthday.

It was raining when we needed to go home. Filipinos really dislike rain (a rather unexpected cultural trait in a rainy country), and Candy's family wanted us to spend the night so that we wouldn't have to walk to the road to catch a taxi, but we were able to compromise by using umbrellas. :)

Wondrous Works

Last week, Carmen (one of my house moms) and I got up before 5 and ran to the Santa Anna wharf a couple miles away. We wanted to see the sunrise, and although it was too cloudy for a colorful sunrise, it was still gorgeous.

When we arrived:
The tide was flowing up and over the wharf.

"Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God." ~Job 37:14

Katitipan Visit

This week, Janelle and I went about an hour away to visit her continuity, Candy, and her family.














They cooked us a fabulously delicious meal of chicken, dried fish, vegetables (okra, eggplant, and pumpkin), and rice.


And sang hours of karaoke...


Janelle singing...ahem....true Filipino karaoke :D


We got the chance to meet some other people in the town, and some of the guys climbed a tree and gathered a bag of the fruit santol (similar to mangosteen)for us to take home.

Great day....we'll be back in a couple of weeks to do prenatals on all the buntis ladies there.