Boy, oh Boy the Christmas season starts early in the Philippines. I think I've mentioned it previouslly but some people put their...

The last few weeks have been very busy. I know that I have probably said that before. It does seem that each week brings new challenges...

I’m looking out of my apartment window at giant thunderheads. They are beautiful and it is perpetual summer here. I still don’t get...

Anyone that knows my family has heard about my mother Nina Leatham Staples. An amazing woman and an amazing Mom! We were raised with...

The past couple of weeks have been wonderful, productive, and CRAZY busy! We are still waiting for our Visas to come through and like...

This week the signs of a much smaller economy of the Philippines was evident in the fact that I was able to get a haircut and shave for...

We have now been in the Philippines just more than two months. We were talking about this the other day and were very surprised at how...

Hello friends and family from the beautiful Philippines. A lot has happened in the two weeks since we posted. The Lord must exist and he...

Hello again! We had Lots of rain just after our last post... and I mean RAIN!! Its gorgeous & makes the air and flowers smell great AND...

Another week has flown by & we really enjoyed it! We have been inspecting apartments, finding new ones and trying to fix the ones in bad...

I never explained our original Blog page picture. The three couples other than ourselves are all serving similar missions like we are...

6-Aug-23 I have been “assigned” to make the blog entry this week. Nina has not felt very good for the last 24 hours, so I had to do the...

Driving in the Philippines: WOW what an adventure as we started to drive this past week. Not sure how to describe it but it is probably...

I am very new to this blog stuff so please bear with me as I learn to upload photos etc. I needed to start somewhere so here I am on...