Monday, 4 February 2008

Happy New Year from us here in the Philippines!


Hilario Family January 2008

We trust that you have had a great start to the new year. It's already February and I haven't had a chance to update our blog as we have been rather occupied. These past two months have been full of special people. Let us share through pictures with you a little that has been happening in our lives.....

Before we begin though we would like to greet you a belated Merry Christmas.

Christmas Eve Barbeque with other FMS staff, students and friends from NZ. Yes the Taylor family made it to the Philippines and were here for a month. A wonderful time for all of us.

A visit to Manila with the Taylor family from Auckland NZ.

Yes even teenagers get tired of shopping in the Mall of Asia!


Jonathan turned 20yrs old Dec 28........So we loaded up a jeepney and took off to our favourite swimming park "Leisure Coast"for the day.

In January we were blessed with a very enthusiastic outreach team from the Knox Presbyterian Church Waitara NZ ...they involved themselves with a myraid of ministries including youth and children's work and they even painted a church....do you see the bright blue building above!

I will try and post a picture of the team in a few days.


Jonathan left us last Jan 25 and flew to London where he has taken up his four week training with Steiner. This is a company that will place him on a cruise ship somewhere in the world as a Personal Trainer! Of course he is very excited about this.


Joanna is back in school after a two week Christmas vacation.

This past Jan 30 she turned 16years old.

Mel & I are off this weekend to a place that has been on our hearts for a while now...please continue to pray for us and that the Lord will speak to us clearly.

Love to hear your comments on this blog...blessings