The Good, the Bad, and the Philippines

Hey there folks, 

 

Sunday I’m headed down to Georgia to train and prepare for my trip to Cebu Island in the Philippines.  My month at home has gone by at warp speed.  Its been beautiful to have some time to rest and catch up with people, but I’m getting a little restless – so I guess its about time to get busy again.  I will be in Gainesville until we depart the US on July 3, and we will be in the Philippines until July 26.

 

Please pray for my team:

 

I will be leading with my friend Aaryn Phillips, from my team in Jeffreys Bay – and our team is as follows:

Emily Davis

 

Pray that God would give Aaryn and myself the energy and wisdom to lead well, and most of all that our
ears and eyes would be open to the ways that God is at work in our team
– I guess in a way, that he would give us hearts like ‘spiritual
parents’ as this trip wears on.

 

We will be making occasional updates from the field, so I will keep you all posted on things that are going on and ways that you can be praying for us.  Thanks!

 

As a sidenote – Clint Eastwood has been fairly instrumental in helping me rest, as has the Father’s Day DVD sale at Wal-Mart that included quite a few of Eastwood’s old screen gems from the 60’s. I’ve traded out my blog picture for a nice photo of Clint in his younger years.  I hope this small tribute will give his career a boost.  It’s about time he caught a break.

 

If there comes a summer night where your family doesn’t know what to do (and you’re all old enough for some good old-fashioned violence and witty backtalk), go rent:

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – early spaghetti western that took Rawhide to a new level.

Unforgiven – ‘a western to end all westerns’ i suppose, with Cowboys going straight and a subtle discourse on the peril of firearms.

Dirty Harry – An unconventional cop tracking down a sniper-serial killer.  You’ve got to ask yourself one question:  Do I feel lucky?

 

If you find yourself with a cancelled vacation, or a whole week where you’ve got nothing to do – take a loan out from the bank, head down to your local Best Buy, as a family try to find and purchase every movie that Clint Eastwood has ever acted in, directed, or produced.  Take the pile home, pop a few boxes of popcorn, fire up a few two liters, and I’d say your problem was near about solved.

 

If it hits two weeks you can all choose to act like a specific Eastwood character for the second week – communicating only through disrespectful one-liners and cold squinty stares, but still, you’re the good guys.

 

Thank you for humoring me and reading this far.  Have a great July.  And Happy Early Birthday to the US of A.