Joel and Missy Davis Expanding the Reach of the Gospel in the Philippines 
It has been 14 days since we touched down in Manila! I think we are through with our major jet lag, and have had thousands of new experiences already…
We are learning new phrases in Tagalog, just from navigating the city a little bit. We have tried some new foods and local restaurants. We have been to some of the HUGE malls here in the city. We have traveled on one of the major kinds of public transportation here in Manila- jeepneys. (Question: How many people can you fit on a jeepney? Answer: One more!)
Top Left: Camryn LOVES to grab the bar on the roof of the jeepneys. Top Right: This is a typical jeepney. Bottom Left: Every fast food place here seems to serve rice. This particular restaurant serves it in a big green leaf! (Here it is on the left side of the plate) Bottom Right:This is a dessert called "halo, halo" and it has beans, chipped ice, ice cream and who knows else what was in it. It actually tasted quite good even though it didn’t look like it would!
We have also been busy, busy, busy with orientation, meetings, and just getting to know some great people here at the guest house. We have met missionaries who are coming and going from their tribal locations where they are serving- maybe someday Joel will fly some of them into their villages!
And we have found an apartment! We signed on it this Monday, and our shipment of boxes arrived on Tuesday!
Here we are signing the contract while sitting on the floor of our apartment because no furniture yet!
Thank you for praying for our "family cold" (as Ryley called it). Thankfully, we are all doing much better.
THANK YOU for praying for us in this transition time. It is a lot to take in- new sights, new smells, new sounds… it can be a little intimidating to need things and not know where to go, or how to get there. We are grateful every day for our friends who have been driving us around and helping us out.
In NTM, we have a program called "Hold the Ropes" where NTMers in the states pray for those of us on the field. YOU are "holding the ropes" for us as we start off here in the Philippines! We are so aware every day of our need for prayer as we fit into life and ministry here. We are so grateful to have a God who is bigger than everything we face.
More updates coming soon!
