NTM GUEST HOUSE in Manila (built in honor of Martin Burnam, NTM missionary who was kidnapped and killed by Muslim extremists on the Island of Palawan):
"Yesterday we were able to meet many of the missionaries and families as many of them are staying at the NTM guest house in Manila with us. It is a huge 5 story building which looks like a really nice hotel. There's even an elevator. It is surrounded by a tall fence/gate with barbed wire. It was cool to see various missionaries arriving in jeeps and VW vas (well basically the size of these vans) packed full of people. All the kids were playing in the courtyard down below. Ben Shields was quick to make friends with some of the guys his age here. He and I played a game of HORSE with a little girl named Noa. We got to meet some of these missionaries and hear amazing stories over dinner. There were over 80 people here for dinner!"
RECENT TSUNAMI in MINDINAO:
One interesting story was from a missionary couple who have been in Mindano for 25 years. They live in the town where the recent mudslide/tsunami wiped out 2000 people. As they shared, I could see the devastation of this tragedy on their faces. They said most of the people swept away and buried by mud were the poor who lived right along the river. It was an in-land tsunami. Most of the people are too poor to be buried. For awhile there was little help but now that it has reached national news, there is alot of assistance/aid over there."
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