Day #5 - Tuesday, August 28th

MERRIENDA = delicious mid-morning snack provided each day at the job site. Today, the team enjoyed a traditional Filippino meal...spaghetti and meatballs. The Italians must have stolen the recipe from them years ago...that's my guess.

Today I went with Randle to visit Zion Bible College. located in Tacloban. Randle spoke at the chapel service, and I was able to present the college some books for the library. The President of the college, Rev. Cruz Lapura expressed great appreciation to our church for the donation. We were also able to present a special gift, in the form of a devotional journal to President Lapura.

After the chapel service, Randle and I went back to the site to join the team in working the job. The morning had been spent moving more dirt for backfill around the foundation, as well as seeing some of the framing for the roof attached to the cement pillars.

For lunch, we went back to the missionary's house where they had prepared a wonderful lunch of freshly caught tuna steaks, and fresh pineapple! DELICIOUS!!! This was also the day that we learned that Matt really liked pineapple. (Actually, 5 pieces fell off the dish that was being passed, and then onto Matt's plate, but really...he didn't complain!)