by Emily P Freeman | Nov 11, 2013 | Compassion Philippines
This happens every November. I write for 31 days in October and then November comes and I have nothing to say. But then a typhoon hit the Philippines and I can’t stop thinking about the people. I think about walking through the streets of Manilla two springs ago...
by Emily P Freeman | Nov 15, 2012 | Compassion Philippines
I’m watching Survivor this season. (Okay, I watch it every season. Leave me alone). But this season, they’re competing in the Philippines. There was a challenge this week where they had to crawl through mud, then a pile of rice, then dig in more mud for...
by Emily P Freeman | Aug 31, 2011 | Compassion Philippines, inspiration
Updated :: Giveaway winners will be announced Tuesday September 6. Still time to enter! Shaun and I followed Kat up the ladder into the dark, one-room house made of cardboard and tin. Shaun was our team leader and he walked these streets and climbed these ladders in...
by Emily P Freeman | Jul 18, 2011 | breathe, Compassion Philippines
I wore my water-wading pants today. Not for ocean kind of water. But the ones I wore that hot day in Manilla, when we walked through the deep waters of poverty. Every time I pull those pants on, I think of that day. I think of how I thought riding through the one foot...
by Emily P Freeman | Jun 13, 2011 | Compassion Philippines, faith
When I left, my only expectation of myself was this: I will not close my eyes. And so I flew over a days worth away and went with eyes ready to see and hands ready to tell the stories. And knowing how crazy tired we were that week, it was a true miracle that the...
by Emily P Freeman | Jun 9, 2011 | Compassion Philippines
You’ve heard so much about our trip to the Philippines, and most of it has been so very serious. Here’s a little happy peek into our silliness that I just found on my phone. Our plane had just landed in Japan and we were preparing to get on our long flight...
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