John and Sandi Hagen Connecting you with tribal missions The Chieftain in one of the villages took us on a hike up to the top of the mountain to see his crops and old home. This area used to be heavily populated with over 37 families living in isolated tribal huts, but now there are only 9.
The hike almost did me (Sandi) in, but thankfully I kept looking up and made it to the top and what a wonderful view it was.
The villagers were very shy and the universal love of children opened up a lot of doors for us. In one hut was a 2 month old baby lying on the mat with only a little shirt on (yikes-no diapers here!).
The other exciting news was that the canoe was taken off the frame and it floats! Our son said he’d never seen such animation among Filipinos. They were so excited and it’s going to be very hard for them to wait another couple of weeks while it lays on the bottom of the lake to continue curing!
I’ll post more pictures after our break here, but wanted to bring you all up to date!
