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As some of you may know, the JBLCF in our foreign mailing address stands for "John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation." We live on a campus founded by my great grandfather. One of the big time benefits of living on campus is having free access ot the campus pool. We swim almost every day. The life guard, Hans, has taught my kids how to swim, and now they are very confident in the water, and swim very well. This also gives us daily excersize (Lord knows, my gut needs it). How blessed are we that we can enjoy this great way to beat the heat here in the Philippines?

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We are now back home from a four night stay in Manila. We went to the big city to attend the Calvary Bible Institute Alumni Reunion, and also to spend time with the Calvary missionary families living and working in Manila. We stayed in the Holiday Inn in the Galleria Mall, a very nice hotel in a very nice part of town. Faithy is convinced that Manila is a part of America, and she kept talking about going back to Iloilo as going back to the Philippines. We enjoyed the comforts of hot showers and air conditioning (our hotel even had carpeting). Manila is VERY Westernized, with huge shopping malls, skyscrapers, and many of the shops and restaurants that we miss from the States. I got Starbucks every day of our visit, sometimes more than once a day, and we even got treated to Outback Steakhouse and Chili's. Best of all we got to spend quality time with the Calvary missionaries in Manila, enjoying a meal together and fellowshipping. Manila is too big. Yes, it has many of the com...

While I was in (unnamed country) Chris, the kids, and fellow Calvary missionary Annie Shelton went to Hong Kong Disneyland. Pictures can be found here . A good time was had by all.