Sunday

Breakfast was scheduled for 7:30 and Jordan came crashing into our room a little before to wake us up. Luz and Leah cooked breakfast for us and we ate around 8. After breakfast, we packed all our bags so we could leave as soon as possible after church.

Church starts at 9:30 and is only steps from Freddie’s house. We got there a few minutes early and almost no one was there yet so we sang with some of the youth til about 9:50 when there were enough people to start.

There were 3 songs, an opening, and then Sunday School which was translated for us by Bev and Leah. The sermon was by Jordy with some additional thoughts by Jordan. Min. Charley also shared a little and church was over. Side note, the church is built on piers over a tidal rive I guess you could call it. There was definitely some boating activity outside during church.

We had a potluck lunch at church. All the ladies went home and got their food and we ate well once again. I can’t even remember what all there was; rice, adobo, pork, pancit, and much more. Min. Charley’s wife, Tina, had brought tahong, shelled and fried and delicious! Then there was sticky rice and a few other sweet dishes for dessert with a buco salad to finish it up.

We wanted to for sure leave by 2 so around 1:15 we started making moves to leave. But before we got left, we visitors had to sing a couple songs. Then we said our thank-yous and good-byes and went back to Freddie’s to load the car. Jordan had something he wanted to go look at with Freddie so they took the motor and went to check it out. So by the time they got back, and we got left, it was after 2.

I drove back to Tacloban. The road wasn’t too busy, but was still very curvy and rough. I tried to drive nicely so people could sleep and they did some but there were a few amazing bumps that woke people up, like where the concrete is disintegrating and there are 2 or 3 inch ledges and bumps in the middle of the lane.

Back across the San Juanico Bridge and in Tacloban, we tried to do a few minutes of souvenir shopping but kinda struck out. The stores by Guisano’s weren’t open so we tried the Convention Center. They have a nice little store there but we didn’t buy much. It wasn’t quite what I was looking for.

Ford had went down to one of the congregations by Dulag for church in the morning, so the Tacloban people had their service in the afternoon. When we finished at the Convention Center, we headed to Ford’s house. The members were there and Mayette made supper for everyone.

After supper, we just visited for a while. They wanted us to put on our kanduras, so we suited up, and then walked over to Mana Lilia’s house to show her. By then it was just our crew, plus Edward and Sherrylaine and KC. We stayed there discussing many different topics until I think 1:45AM. Finally it was time to part ways. We still had a little packing to do and a little sleep to try to get. I went to sleep somewhere around 3.