WOW, it's already here!!! Seems like a couple weeks ago we decided we were going! =)
Liz and I have yet to pack anything, but that's what 5am mornings are for the day you leave, right? Haha, Mom would so kill us!! We're planning on getting everything done tomorrow and Tuesday. Wednesday we drive up to IN because we're going to spend the night with John and Kelsey before we fly out Thursday.
I'm pretty sure our whole group has their 2nd suitcase full of donations and that will such a blessing to the Filipinos! I'm super excited we are able to bring so much stuff to help with the ministry! Thank you everyone who contributed!
This will be my last posting before we leave!!! I'm hoping to be able to post every couple weeks over there and upload pictures, but we'll see what happens! Everyone please feel free to email me and let me know what's going on state side!! (mimjtrue@yahoo.com) I might not reply , but I'd love to hear from everyone!!!
I thought I'd put our flight info on here, for anyone that's interested =) (probably no one, but =) Okay, our flight leaves IN at 3:30 with a 2 1/2 hour flight to Houston. From Houston we have a 3 1/2 hour flight to LA. Then our longest leg of the journey is from LA to Guangzhou Baiyun China -13 or 14 hours. From China we have a 2 hours flight to Manila. Total, with flights and layovers, we'll be traveling for about 36 hours!! We leave Thursday, June 2nd at 3:30 and get there Saturday June 4th at 6pm.!! We lose a day going and gain a day coming home! Weird huh?
Bye USA!!! Hope to hear from all you guys while we're gone!!
We would really appreciate you praying for us each day while we are gone. Pray especially for Elizabeth while we are flying. This is her first time flying and it's a long one!! Pray for jet lag issues too. Pray we might have chances to share the Lord with people on our flights.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Thanks for Your Help!!
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| These are the items we have received so far along with financial contributions |
Some people have asked us if we are going to send out a letter asking for contributions. No, we won't be sending one out. Some of our friends may be doing fund raisers before we go to help raise some money, but we aren't personally. We want to leave it up to those who feel led to give ... to give. There is a need for money for materials for the clinic being built and the every day operation of the already existing clinics.
We are getting excited about the trip. Time is flying as we prepare for it. Please continue to pray for us to be prepared physically and spiritually.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
WE HAVE TICKETS!!!
Yesterday was a hectic day of finding flights and working with everyone to get passport info all together, but we got it done and we are set to go! The dates are- June 2nd to July 3rd for Elizabeth and June 2nd to Aug. 17th for me! The other travelers did not get a return ticket as of yet.
Just wanted to type out a quick post to let everyone know !
Just wanted to type out a quick post to let everyone know !
Sunday, February 20, 2011
More Info
Hey everyone !
So, last weekend our group got together (some in person and some over Skype) in IN for a meeting. John Moore (the leader) had gotten together some things to talk about, but also we had been writing down questions to ask as we thought of them over the past month or so.
John started out by telling us a little about the culture and warning us of some things NOT to do! For instance when you are motioning to someone to come to you it is considered very rude and crude to motion with your palm up. You have to have your palm down or sideways. Don't ever ask for a napkin at a restaurant! Public restrooms are called CR's (Comfort Rooms) and cost 1 or 2 cents to use. They don't have toilet paper or toilet seats! Pick pockets there are really bad. We're going to have to use a money belt or just be really careful. John said it's always a good idea to carry money in two places and it's considered vain for women to wear long pants.
It's not really dangerous where we are going, but John said we will have the "buddy system" in place. No one goes anywhere by themselves, which I'm sure eases my Mom's mind. =) John also wants everyone to have a cell phone to keep up with all the team members by texting.
As far as housing goes, John would really like to build some bunk houses on the property where the clinic is going to be. That way we'd save the money for rent and also leave an asset for the ministry to be used for other groups who come to help or whatever they need them for. We will most likely rent something cheap when we first get there while they build the bunk houses, then move into them.
We're looking into hiring a Christian Filipino women to buy and prepare our food. The main reason for this, is when a white person goes to the market or stores the Filipino will charge you a lot more than they will a native. So, we could pay a native women to buy and prepare our food for less or the same as us going out, buying it and preparing it ourselves.
We talked about how to bring money over there (travelers checks come with a pretty high fee), how much we can pack =), what the cost of food and living will be(food will probably be $50 a month and not sure about living). We discussed where we're going to fly out of ( looking like our two best choices are Chicago or Los Angeles). Also, John warned us that the plugs over there are all 220 voltage, so you have to make sure whatever you plug in will handle that much power or you can fry things. We talked about getting visas and how to go about that. Visas will cost us around $30-$50 each month.
We are going to buy our tickets in about a week and the date is most likely going to going to be June 1st, though it won't be set until we get the tickets.
After going over several practical things of the trip John just challenged us to be totally focused on our mission. To be praying about every decision we have to make as a group and praying that God will teach us through all this and grow us closer to Him!
We are all going to have an extra suitcase to bring supplies over with us to help the Mercy in Action Ministry. My little sister Anna has already been knitting little baby hats(they give every new born a hat and baby blanket) and Mom has already found little blankets and some hats from Goodwill. I'm going to write out a list of things we can take with us and if anyone can donate items or funds to buy some of these things that would be awesome! I'm going to be writing pharmacies in our town to see if they might donate some medical supplies.
-Gloves (sterile and non-sterile)
-Gauze pads
-Chux underpads
-K-Y jelly
-Prenatal or multi- vitamins
-Iron pills
-Sutures
-1cc and 3cc syringes
-IV needles
-IV tubing
-Alfalfa tablets
-Goldenseal capsules
-Red raspberry leaf tea
-Shepard's purse
-Chord clamps
-Hats
-Baby blankets
Signing out, Miriam
So, last weekend our group got together (some in person and some over Skype) in IN for a meeting. John Moore (the leader) had gotten together some things to talk about, but also we had been writing down questions to ask as we thought of them over the past month or so.
John started out by telling us a little about the culture and warning us of some things NOT to do! For instance when you are motioning to someone to come to you it is considered very rude and crude to motion with your palm up. You have to have your palm down or sideways. Don't ever ask for a napkin at a restaurant! Public restrooms are called CR's (Comfort Rooms) and cost 1 or 2 cents to use. They don't have toilet paper or toilet seats! Pick pockets there are really bad. We're going to have to use a money belt or just be really careful. John said it's always a good idea to carry money in two places and it's considered vain for women to wear long pants.
It's not really dangerous where we are going, but John said we will have the "buddy system" in place. No one goes anywhere by themselves, which I'm sure eases my Mom's mind. =) John also wants everyone to have a cell phone to keep up with all the team members by texting.
As far as housing goes, John would really like to build some bunk houses on the property where the clinic is going to be. That way we'd save the money for rent and also leave an asset for the ministry to be used for other groups who come to help or whatever they need them for. We will most likely rent something cheap when we first get there while they build the bunk houses, then move into them.
We're looking into hiring a Christian Filipino women to buy and prepare our food. The main reason for this, is when a white person goes to the market or stores the Filipino will charge you a lot more than they will a native. So, we could pay a native women to buy and prepare our food for less or the same as us going out, buying it and preparing it ourselves.
We talked about how to bring money over there (travelers checks come with a pretty high fee), how much we can pack =), what the cost of food and living will be(food will probably be $50 a month and not sure about living). We discussed where we're going to fly out of ( looking like our two best choices are Chicago or Los Angeles). Also, John warned us that the plugs over there are all 220 voltage, so you have to make sure whatever you plug in will handle that much power or you can fry things. We talked about getting visas and how to go about that. Visas will cost us around $30-$50 each month.
We are going to buy our tickets in about a week and the date is most likely going to going to be June 1st, though it won't be set until we get the tickets.
After going over several practical things of the trip John just challenged us to be totally focused on our mission. To be praying about every decision we have to make as a group and praying that God will teach us through all this and grow us closer to Him!
We are all going to have an extra suitcase to bring supplies over with us to help the Mercy in Action Ministry. My little sister Anna has already been knitting little baby hats(they give every new born a hat and baby blanket) and Mom has already found little blankets and some hats from Goodwill. I'm going to write out a list of things we can take with us and if anyone can donate items or funds to buy some of these things that would be awesome! I'm going to be writing pharmacies in our town to see if they might donate some medical supplies.
-Gloves (sterile and non-sterile)
-Gauze pads
-Chux underpads
-K-Y jelly
-Prenatal or multi- vitamins
-Iron pills
-Sutures
-1cc and 3cc syringes
-IV needles
-IV tubing
-Alfalfa tablets
-Goldenseal capsules
-Red raspberry leaf tea
-Shepard's purse
-Chord clamps
-Hats
-Baby blankets
Signing out, Miriam
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Green light!
Okay, Hey Everyone!
I've never had a blog so this is all new to me. I wanted some where to share some exciting things that are happening in the True household!
This summer Liz and I are going to be going to Olongapo, Philippines! We heard that John and Kelsey Moore, a young married couple,were planning on taking a trip to the Philippines to work with a mission group called Mercy in Action. http://www.mercyinaction.com/ The goal of Mercy in Action is to set up midwifery clinics(for women and children's health care) in different towns and villages. They usually rent a building to set up their clinics, but have felt a calling to reach the Aeta tribe. They will be building a clinic in the mountains, since there are no buildings to rent.
John and Kelsey are going down to stay indefinitely and encouraged others to come down to help with the process of getting this clinic started. Mercy in Action also has asked them to have a garden and for the girls that will be going to work with the children of this tribe in some way. I'm super excited because I will get to be involved in the midwifery/medical side of things. I will be doing a midwife internship for several months (still deciding on how long)
Plans are not set for when we will leave, but it will be sometime mid June. I may be gone for up to 3 months. Liz will be gone for a month.
Some of you reading this will already know the people going on this trip, but most of you won't so I want to give you the names-- John and Kelsey Moore, Levi Langham, Orissa and Miji Mora-Kent, Jared Lindsey, Elizabeth and Miriam True. There are a few others still praying about going too.
If you want to help you can pray for us as we prepare. Pray for us to have the funds we need to travel there, to live there, and to build the clinic. Pray for us to be ready spiritually and physically. Pray especially for John as he heads things up. Pray we will learn the lessons the Lord wants to teach us while we are there. Pray that we will be able to reach this tribe for the Lord.
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