Breakfast as usual from the lodge. Joas came about 10:00am on his motorbike and guided the taxi back to his house. He lives just out of town, in an area of housing that is literally on the side of a hill.
He parks his motorbike on the side of the road, then we all followed him down a pathway of steps between the houses until we reached his house. The house is set back from the road by about 50m and also about 30m below the road. He has purchased the land (about 177 sq. meters) and built a small house all by himself. The materials to build the house were all carried down the path by hand!
Most of the family of his wife (Sis Nicole) were also there, so we did a short Bible study on God's purpose with the earth. Joash gave a summary in Tagalong at the conclusion of my talk.
We stayed for lunch which we ate outside under the Sunday School shelter that he has built.
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| Walking down the steps to Bro Joas and Sis Nicole's house |
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| Playing with the puppies |
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| The sunday school room Bro Joas built |
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| Silas playing on the steps and enjoying God's creation |
The view from his house is remarkable, both the natural beauty and the engineering feats of building on the side of the mountains. Just before we left we were lucky to have a view of the sun setting over the South China Sea (I thought that Baguio was a lot further in land than what it really is).
After lunch I went with Joas and his father-in-law to visit some interested friends.
Joas and I rode on his father-in-laws motorbike, while he took Joas's. They wore helmets and I wore my sun hat! The roads are concrete and very steep in spots, although we were going slow it was still quite hair-raising in a few spots.
With only 10sec. warning I discovered that I was going to lead a first principles class on the promise to David.
The class was really quite enjoyable working with Joas doing the translating. We digressed onto the subject of who will be at the judgement seat when Christ returns, devil and satan as well as a little of the Olivet prophecy. We were hosted to coffee and cakes.
We payed another short visit to another interested friends house to say hello, we could not stay long as we had spent all our time with the first group. On the return trip to Joas' home we pick up some supplies for afternoon tea, which we all then enjoyed.
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| Visiting the interested friends |
While the men were gone the others stayed and talked or played with the locals, as well as watch a DVD of the previous April's prize giving (with play).
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| The brothers and sisters and family we enjoyed spending time with on Saturday |
We had to climb the steps to get to the road and then walk half a km to reach a taxi that would take us home.
The taxis around Baguio are really good, they are the fastest way to get around this very windy city, and best of all they all use their taxi-meters.
One guess for where we went for tea tonight!
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