by Emily P Freeman | Jun 8, 2011 | Compassion Philippines, lifestyle, photography
I’m sure you would expect this post to be coming next. I’m busy doing all the regular things: washing the clothes, planning the meals, counting the days ’til the last day of school. I’m also doing some not-so-regular things: caring for family...
by Emily P Freeman | Jun 6, 2011 | Compassion Philippines
There really is no normal way to transition from there to here. I’m living in the between today, and I’m seeing life through strangers eyes. Oh, it’s summertime now. Oh, I have a dog. Look, I can drink the water. Where did we get all this stuff,...
by Emily P Freeman | Jun 3, 2011 | Compassion Philippines
Iwas really kind of terrified to come on this trip. But you already know that. Exactly one week ago, I zipped up my suitcase for the final time, stuck that blue Compassion tag on it, turned around to look at The Man, and burst into tears. Just now, I zipped up my...
by Emily P Freeman | Jun 2, 2011 | Compassion Philippines
Some of you have asked the question, Why are you going to the Philippines when so many people in our own country need help? I am attempting to gently walk through the answers over at (in)courage today. And as a bonus at the end of that post, Tsh and I made a little...
by Emily P Freeman | May 31, 2011 | Compassion Philippines, family
This isn’t where we visited today. We weren’t allowed to get our cameras out while on the street, so this is a photo I took from the bus of a neighborhood nearby. These homes here are much nicer than the ones we saw today. This is Rose Ann. We saw her home...
by Emily P Freeman | May 27, 2011 | Compassion Philippines
Tomorrow, we leave. And I think stupid, unprofound things like I wonder why they call it “the Philippines” instead of just “Philippines”? And I consider that crossing the International Date Line is about as close to time travel as I’ll...
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