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What Ever Happened to the Anascos?

What ever happened to these guys? The Anasco Family in 2004 Plenty . . . Six years ago we left our American home for the Philippines and we began a new chapter in our family's life. These six years have been amazing. We have since had two more children (and remember they are not "future" missionaries ); we have have done camps , camps , and more camps ; we have hosted teams , teams , and more teams ; we have taken Bible school teaching trips to Cambodia and also to "Nevada" working with the persecuted church; we have trained and continue to train future full-time missionaries --it has been an amazing journey. One of the many things we have learned in the last six years is faithfulness. God is faithful. As we have taken this step of faith, leaving jobs, family, and things familiar, we have NEVER lacked. God has been more than faithful. Another thing we have learned is purpose. God does indeed have a purpose for every person. When we find our purpose, we fi

I Remember Meggie . . .

I remember Renz "Meggie." He was one of our very first preschoolers at the Sonshine Learning Center. Here he is many years ago on the first day of classes: In fact he was the first student to show up for classes, he was so excited. Sadly Meggie has passed away. Dengue fever is a big problem here in Iloilo, it is a very deadly disease when untreated. Sadly this disease took Meggie when he was just eleven years old. Meggie was fun. He was always smiling, and he was also pretty responsible. One of his jobs was to help monitor the kids on the jeepney as they traveled from their squatter village to the Sonshine Center, I guess you could say he was like a "bouncer," keeping things in order. Those of you who knew him know that he was well suited for this job, he was a pretty big kid, the other kids did not mess around with him. Meggie spent his life living in a very poor squatter village in Iloilo. He was also a faithful Sonshine Center kid, in fact I remember seeing him