Hey gang ,
Well we have finally arrived in Manila.
After leaving Perth last night we arrived in Singapore at 3am and then changed terminals to board the 6am flight to Manila which arrived at 10am Sunday morning. We were somewhere over Bali when the captain's voice crackled over the tannoy : "Happy New Year to everyone"..
Danny Cook remarked 'Can he keep it down? I'm trying to sleep!'
We were happy to reach the Kids International Ministries orphange on the outskirts of Manila around lunchtime and settle in briefly before heading out the Bible Fellowship International church for some goodwill games of basketball there.
The local youth group team tried hard and they were cheered on by a small but supportive crowd of about 50 jubilant people from the church and from the local neighbourhood. The Sports Ambassadors team won this game easily 72-35 but the exercise was more in building friendships and encouraging these young people to persevere with their faith in this slum-ridden part of town where many unsavoury types have made the job of the local pastors very difficult.
The second game against a non-christian tea was much of the same with Michael Valenti sharing his testimony to the crowd and Pastor Rufo Pong delivering a spirted message to those gathered in the Tagalog language spoken by the people of the Philippines.
A prayer meeting followed at dusk and we have now returned to the orphanage for dinner. There are loud firecrackers going off all around us - obviously left over from New Year's Eve - and people are in a festive and cheery mood.
A short devotional and bed are on the cards for all the players tonight.
We have at least two games tomorrow with the potential for a third in the evening. The morning game will be again the National University Team and should be quite difficult.
Everyone is holding up well despite the lack of sleep. We are thankful for your prayers as we feel there is much good that can be done for the people we are to meet and have met already.
Giles Creelman
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Hi everyone,
Great to hear that you've arrived safely and managed to play today's games after little sleep - hope you have a fantastic night's rest & all the best for the games and testimonies tomorrow. (and little David wants to see Daddy do some slam dunks)
Well done guys, one day down. I have copied the blog onto our Facebook page. Keep going strong.
Greg
good to hear everyone is holding up well. i enjoyed reading the review and watching the video Giles put up.
Well done lads!
Safe Travels
nick
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