Life in the Philippines
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In the summer of 2000 I took on the challenge of a mission trip to the Philippines with Teen Missions International. This one summer shaped my views in so many ways its almost impossible to describe on one page. It was not only a challenge but an opportunity to see the world so I took it.
The goal was to lay concrete for the second floor of a Bible College by hand.
Upon arriving we quickly began work tying the rebar so that the next day we could begin the concrete. During the night we slept in tents hoping no rain or snakes would enter our new found home. The days began at 6 a.m. with breakfast and devotionals then off to the work site. We hauled concrete up a series of ladders in five gallon buckets to be poured and floated on the second story of the building...