Sunny Typhoon Weekend

Pablo got here on Thursday morning...very early Thursday morning. Not that it mattered to him. After 36+ hours of multiple plane rides, layovers, airports, and time zones he didn't have a clue as to what time it really was anyway.

We had planned to go to Hong Kong Friday evening but mother nature and the Sponsor had other plans. Since yet another typhoon was headed for Manila we had the choice to either get out on Friday morning or stay in Cebu. There were no flights out of Cebu that early so we hunkered down for what turned out to be a sunny and wonderful weekend. We expected nothing more than a few rain showers but we didn't even get that.

Our weekend in Cebu was great. We spent loads of time enjoying our beautiful beach on Friday and Saturady. Then on Sunday we took in the sights of the island with Cloris and her friend in town from China.

We've ate, drank and had a very merry weekend. It is always so great to have our friends with us to share experiences.

We were of course a little disappointed with having to cancel Hong Kong, but, not to fear we've rescheduled for this weekend!

how to help

the damage is incomprehensible, the death toll is still rising, so many people, including local coke employees, are still missing and to make it worse more rain is on the way.

if you want to help you can donate online to the red cross.

we're okay, but so many are not

a tropical storm dumped about 14 inches of water in 6 hours in the philippines this weekend. that is more than what katrina did over two days. although we experienced just a couple of downpours and some cloudy skies here in cebu, 80% of the nation's capital is flooded. 300,000 have been affected, including some members of jules' team and their families.

i know that everyone back home has seen how truly devastating flooding can be and hope you can send some prayers this way. many of these people live day to day in conditions you just cannot imagine in the first place....so, to lose the little that they had is just heartbreaking.

One word-AWESOME

You've all probably seen the Filipino prison inmates doing their Michael Jackson tributes. If not you should go to youtube. The post below is another example of their work. An awesome example because they are awesome.

This morning it was brought to my attention that they do a show every single month and the prison is actually in Cebu, where we'll be living!!! I pray we get a chance to attend the show!!!!



Hody was asking me at some point if they caned people there and was concerned about me getting arrested...for what I don't know...but it looks like a lot of fun so I'm not making any promises :)