We made it!!

This morning about 9:45 we landed in Butuan City after and hour and fifteen minutes in the air. I did that standing on my head! After getting settled in the mission house we met with Bishop Jim Tuan for introductions and lunch. I will have to say that the food here isn't really all that different than what we have at home. I guess all those chinese dinners are HyVee are finally paying off. Today we have barbecue chicken with chop suey vegetables along with white rice.

After lunch we visited the local grocery/clothing store. It was huge. This store covered four floors with a huge variety of things to choose from all the way from groceries to diamonds. Food is pretty expensive here but people don't seem to mind and continue to pay the price, everybody has to eat afterall. There are extremes here from the very poor who live in shacks to those that live in very nice homes or apartment buildings. The thing that is most amazing is that houses are connected on all sides and as you'll see power lines run by the droves above the streets. To look at the neighborhood you'd think it not a safe place to live but everyone assures us that it is quite safe.

Pastor Jim and I received our preaching a

ssignment from the Bishop today and we will be preaching at two different church beginning at 6:30 in the morning which is their first service and they continue throughout the morning. We'll be busy the rest of the week at the Bible College and going to outlying villages for ministry and visiting local pastors and churches.

Please enjoy a few more pictures that I've added.