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 with wonderful detail! It was sooo amazing and so sweet of these women. I am really going to miss the people here at the base and I’m never ever going to forget the people we have ministered to. We had a wonderful night of dinner, icecream, games and fellowship.
Our time here in the Philippines has been bittersweet for me. I have fallen in love with the people here. The staff, the people, and yes, even the children (haha). But, on the other hand, my heart broke for them because of the suffering I saw them living in. I asked for God to break my heart for what breaks His, and to give me His heart for these people. Mistakeningly, I didn’t think He would. He did, and it hurts, but it’s … incredible. I see exactly why God loves the people of the Philippines. How could He not? Not only did He create them, but He gave them such a uniqueness about them.
Tomorrow, we leave to go back to Romania and it feels like it was just yesterday we arrived. It feels like just yesterday we first experienced the Manila heat, and it feels like just yesterday we took our first jeepney ride and experienced the way of the tricycle Oh … the many random things of the Philippines!
Well, I finished my Christmas shopping today .. so now I’m going to pack and attempt to fit everything in my bag! God bless you all Thank you for your prayers!
In Him,
Melissa
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