Safe and sound on the ground.

Hi folks,

It's @ 2:25 pm in the afternoon here in Asia, while I guess it's around 2:25 am in the morning at the Eastern Time zone.

In summary, the flight was okay. Allow me to be quite real. Besides talking to a few companions, the flight travel was rough. One other small consolation was the space between seats on Northwest airlines: much needed stretching for the legs. Bus travel from Manila to Baguio was not ideal (imagine unpleasant bumps and less-than-ideal scents), and the jet lag totally wiped me out for the first couple days here. A 20-hour flight is not conducive to the body. Besides all of that stuff, I arrived in one piece. Thank God!

So far, I have been drafted to attend a wedding, visit a neighboring Catholic retirement home for nuns, and speak at a local medical missions trip. Let's see what else God has in store for me.

Also, as you can read I finally have access to the internet! I'm posting from an internet cafe in Baguio City, 24 hour access is a plus. Unfortunately, the cafe only provides DSL access. I'm missing a T1/digital cable access so much. As you can guess, the connection is a bit slow for my taste. I'm so spoiled and going through withdrawal from blogging!

Fortunately, it appears that the cafe is Christian sponsored. A few promo ads with Jesus in shirt and tie, "Have you connected with me lately?" He, he.

And, I peeked at one of my young neighbor's PC screen, and she is reviewing Hillsong song lyrics. Awesome.

During my travel across this area, a number of small evangelical churches are found in the suburbs. I hope to get an opportunity to visit.

I'm amazed at the scenery, the flora in particular. Baguio boasts better weather temps compared with the capital, Manila.

I hope to get some images loaded here. We'll see how it goes.