Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day to everyone!

I got a Valentines Day card from the kids at Gloria Dei School today. They came running out yelling, "Ate Carly! Ate Carly! We have a Valentine care for you!" It's in Tagalog though, so I don't actually know what it says. :) The students at the school have been teaching us many Tagalog words and then quizzing us on them, to make sure we remember them. My favorite one right now is "kaibigan" (ca-ee-bee-gon), which means friend. The last two days we played volleyball against the teachers of Gloria Dei School. It has been a lot of fun and they asked to take us out on Friday night, for swimming. That should be a good time!

We visited Concordia Orphanage this morning and I stayed in the room with the infants. I held and comforted 1-3 month olds. They are so tiny, so cute, and they melt your heart. It was so good to be there, but a little hard too, knowing that they don't have parents to care for them. They kept jokingly asking us if we wanted to adopt one of them. Don't worry though, I won't come home with a Filipino baby. I promise. :) haha A few of the babies were premature and one of them was soooo tiny. You could hold him in one arm and he was so light... his name is Chrisanto. Ua got puked on, big time! The baby just kept on spitting up milk, all over Ua's shirt and pants. Haha. And then I got peed on.... I did a lot of laundry when we got back. I know that when I come home I am going to be soooooo thankful for washing machines and driers!

Well this will probably be my last entry from Manila for now. On Saturday we will be heading out to travel to churches outside of the Manila area. Hope all is well for all of you!