The Weekend

Before the promised after school ice cream and swimming we found out that Greg was ready to leave the office.  We stopped by to pick him up on the way home from school and found out that our car had arrived-not ours from the US but the one that would be ours while we are here in Manila.  So we pulled in the parking garage, moved carseats, and brought our new van home.  It is gold-more easily recognizable-it seems like there are thousands of white vans here.  The boys kept wanting to play with the "mood lighting" buttons on the ceiling that changes the color of lights in the car.  I've never seen a van with mood lighting before.  We did get home and have our ice cream, an evening swim, and sloppy joes for dinner.

On Saturday evening we went back to the mall and tried out another play area called the Pixie Forest.  The kids rode a mini log ride, Ashley and Greg rode a ferris wheel where the buckets you rode in were shaped like flowers, and the boys rode an airplane ride and they played some games.  We also ate dinner at Outback that night.

Sunday we visited Victory Christian Fellowship again and the sermon was wonderful-the pastor started a new series called All In-in the Christian life.  He is preaching from Ephesians.  He talked about what a privilege our direct access to God the Father is.  He shared the illustration of how his children ask him for things boldly because of the relationship that they have with him and that we can do the same with our Heavenly Father.  The kids enjoyed their classes again also.  It was nice to have a relaxing weekend-since Greg leaves on Tuesday for a business trip to Vancouver, Canada.