DTS Constanta 2009

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I can’t believe this is our last night in the Philippines at this wonderful base with these wonderful people! We have been so busy while we have been here with all the different ministries and it has been such a wonderful blessing for us. Last night, Pearl, Cherrie and Dulce came upstairs to our room and lit candles and played music and set up a little salon Pearl gave us back massages, Cherrie did the foot spa treatment, and Dulce did a wonderful job giving manicures and painting our nails... more

Arrived Uzice near 2 weeks. Time fly. Titus went back to the State yesterday morning because of his health problem. The Serbia outreach team down to 6 people now. We tried to pass the news to the Philippines team but as they are on the outreach at the villages, seems that they still haven’t got our update. I could imagine how sad they will be. But I believe separation just bought us together. Sun is shining bright in Uzice! We had English Club, 2 sessions, with the high school dorm students.... more

This was our teams first experience in the Smokey Mountain Philippines Outreach – 2009 Where am I? I am currently in Manila, Philippines – more specifically in an area called Tondo. My team consists of 8 people from 4 nations and we are staying at a long-established YWAM base. The people here are wonderful and so hospitable! Last Friday, we traveled about 2 ½ hours North to a town called TayTay that was hit with a recent typhoon where we did some food distribution and prayed for... more

The Journey Has Begun! We arrived in the Philippines after traveling with a bus for 10 hours to Istanbul, Turkey and then a 13 hour flight to Manila! We left Sunday afternoon and arrived on Tuesday. We were pretty tired but thankful to finally be in the Philippines! The heat hit us like a wall when we got off the plane. This is a world like I have never seen before. The traffic goes everywhere. Scooters and bikes weave in between cars and jeepneys (their public transport that look like home... more

A week after the outreach team arrived Serbia. A lot of things have happened and they were all out of our expectation. Anyway, I better find a way to start writing about this amazing journey… The 26th of Oct, our team left the YWAM base at 3pm. We took the bus, a 3.5 hours ride, to Bucharest. After a sandwich dinner at the train station platform and we got on the overnight train to Belgrade, Serbia. We could see the difference between Romania and Serbia once we cross the border.... more

Saying goodbye to the Philippines outreach team 2pm this afternoon. It will be a long traveling for them. And I am sure it will be a unforgettable one. The base became so quiet after half of the students left. Dinner, fried chicken, was amazing as usual. Thanks Kristen and Denali for cooking!! We played RISK after and it was just a relaxing evening. Tomorrow, we are leaving for Serbia. Taking a bus to Bucharest and get on the overnight train to Serbia. After we leave, the base will be so empty. Couldn’t... more

So this week, it’s finally starting to hit me that we are leaving for our big outreach. I can’t believe it’s already happening. It seems like just last week that I was getting off the plane in Bucharesti, confused, lost and illiterate in the Romanian language, and now I’m getting ready to leave it. I’ve come to know this base as home, this city as mine, and the staff and students as family. Now, I’m just moving to a new country for 6 weeks with my family. I suppose... more

I have been living in Constanta for more than 3 months… Last Friday, it was heavy rain in the city. When I looked out of the window, I saw the half flooded sidewalk outside of the base building. It reminded me the first day that I arrived. It was the 11th of July, a rainy day. Me and Denali arrived on the same night. Natalie was the student that came before us. The 3 of us and some staff had nice dinner in the living room. And then the storm got stronger. The power was off, we started to light... more

I can’t believe that its been a month since our DTS team went on a small outreach to an area of Romania called Oltenia. We stayed in a small town called Draganesti. The entire region of Oltenia has .02% Christians. A majority of the population practices witchcraft, paganism, atheism and Orthodox. As you can imagine, this is a very spiritually heavy area. Our team arrived on a Saturday. After a long day of travelling, we got settled in, walked around the town a little bit and then had dinner.... more