We have arrived.....

It’s Wednesday at 3:21am… Here we are, 29 hours of traveling later, we are finally at our destination in Son Pablo Philippines. Our trip was pretty easy going, it was a little rough seeing the sun up for the entire day as we went f

rom Florida to Michigan and then finally to Tokyo. Other than that we did great. Flights were on time and we arrived safely with all of our luggage and ministry supplies. Everyone is a little fuzzy with the time change being a full 12 hours ahead, so pray that it does not affect us tomorrow when we wake up. David Covic Jr greeted our team with open arms and a big warm smile on his face. You could tell that he was very happy to see his family and some familiar faces from home. It was nice for us to see him too. He looks like he is doing great. Jeff Pessina and a few of the ladies from Frontline Ministry were there at the airport to greet us as well. The van was filled with laughter, old friends catching up as well as brothers sharing updates about how the camp has changed and new projects that are going on. As I listened to the joyful fellowship I watched out the window as we drove through the city of Manila. It was about 2am and still there were Filipinos walking around the streets, tending there little stands where they sell products and trinkets to try and make that last peso before they close up shop. I also saw rows and rows of people sleeping in homemade shelters along the roadside. I saw a large group of men surrounding a single table where they played some kind of game with cards. Traffic was busy even at this hour. Cars, dump trucks,  taxis and bicycles squeezing to get by each other on this small 2-lane road. We are all excited for this journey that has just begun.

 

Well it’s late, everyone is winding down, and breakfast is at 8 am. I better start trying to go to sleep… that’s only a couple hours away. I plan to write more tomorrow, but I just wanted to let everyone know that we made it here safe and that everything is fine. God bless… we love you.

 

 

MESSAGES FOR HOME:

 

Nick, Devon, Destiny, Jeni, Seth, Jessica and Mommy

I love you guys…..  Angi

 

Carmen-

Hi my daughter I am here in San Pablo. I just want to tell you and Jimmy that I love you. Tell Daddy that I am doing ok and I miss him. I hope he is doing well. Please do me a favor and email Curtis and tell him that I was in Japan and I wish I could have seen him. I will talk to you later ….. I love you and Jimmy.   Mom….(Blanca)

 

Phillis- Hi  Charles

 

Derek and Kelly and Liv,

Send pictures we love you….email us. Dcovic@verizon.net give us some updates on how things are going.

Mom and Dad