Sweat dripping down my body, out of breath and red in the face. Legs shaking, I just have to make it up to the top. 522 steps later, in front of me stands a beautiful white cross, behind me an absolutely gorgeous view of Tacloban City, Philippines. The whole walk I just kept thinking about Jesus walking to His death. I can’t imagine how hard that was to walk through the streets after being tortured carrying an extremely heavy cross, that He was going to be nailed to, on his shoulders.  How great is that though? That through His pain, suffering, and death we have freedom. Through Christ we...

Sweat dripping down my body, out of breath and red in the face. Legs shaking, I just have to make it up to the top. 522 steps later, in front of me stands a beautiful white cross, behind me an absolutely gorgeous view of Tacloban City, Philippines. The whole walk I just kept thinking about Jesus walking to His death. I can’t imagine how hard that was to walk through the streets after being tortured carrying an extremely heavy cross, that He was going to be nailed to, on his shoulders.  How great is that though? That through His pain, suffering, and death we have freedom. Through Christ we...

A phrase I have not had much practice with but have heard in the past and one that has become very evident in my life the past month. Coming into the trip, we were told that having no expectations would result in the greatest experience. So that's exactly what I did, I dropped all expectations and left the country with a clean state. This definitely paid off within the first 48 hours of the trip, when we found out the living conditions. This included wifi, inside showers, beds with sheets and some delicious food all the time.  As the trip has gone on it has been interesting what...

A phrase I have not had much practice with but have heard in the past and one that has become very evident in my life the past month. Coming into the trip, we were told that having no expectations would result in the greatest experience. So that's exactly what I did, I dropped all expectations and left the country with a clean state. This definitely paid off within the first 48 hours of the trip, when we found out the living conditions. This included wifi, inside showers, beds with sheets and some delicious food all the time.  As the trip has gone on it has been interesting what...

I cannot even begin the understand how it feels to be swimming in black water, waves crashing over me and in pain at the sound of the wind and that only just begins to describe the trauma the people of the Philippines went through. One particular story I was able to hear this week was that of Tina, a teacher who now spends her time doing everything she can for KIM (Kids International), the ministry we are working with here in Tacloban. After waking up on a normal day for her, her world was literally shaken in the worst way possible. As a result of the typhoon that hit in November, Tina...

I cannot even begin the understand how it feels to be swimming in black water, waves crashing over me and in pain at the sound of the wind and that only just begins to describe the trauma the people of the Philippines went through. One particular story I was able to hear this week was that of Tina, a teacher who now spends her time doing everything she can for KIM (Kids International), the ministry we are working with here in Tacloban. After waking up on a normal day for her, her world was literally shaken in the worst way possible. As a result of the typhoon that hit in November, Tina...