So we have 12 hours here in Singapore, and we decided to spend it in the airport. Now, in LAX or DFW, this would be a masochistic thought … but not in Singapore … This is the Kids’ Play Area. Daniel demonstrates on the slide. Me on the 4-way see-saw. This section has 5 different [...]

Sorry it’s been so long since we’ve written. Hope you weren’t too worried, Mom. So we’re back in Bagabag even though we’d planned to be in Davao with Scott & Carrie at this point. But due to rain today, we departed Palanan (a tiny village on the northeastern point of Luzon) for Bagabag (leg 1 [...]

Wednesday was our first visit out to a village (actually two towns). It was a really, really good day … just really exhausting! We are hoping that the next 3 places we visit will be a bit less intense, since we’ll be spending 2-3 days in each place (rather than just one, which was what [...]

(say Bug-AW-bawg) Well, I mentioned in a recent prayer update to some of you who’ve been praying for us that we especially desired prayer this coming Friday when we head to one of the local villages on our own by public transit. For one thing, we found out today that (since we’ve never been here [...]

Back in 1991, when the Peckhams had moved back to Asia after a furlough, they spent about 4 months living in Singapore. So, before we went to the Night Safari on Monday, we took some time to try and find their old apartment. We got some general directions from his parents and headed to the [...]

So far, although it’s been difficult “being our own boss” (i.e. figuring out when to work, when to rest, when to play, etc., since we can do it at just about any time we want), we’ve decided to take 2 break days, like a weekend, while working the other days. On Monday night, we went [...]

So here I am in Singapore for the first time, and I can’t find a word to describe the feeling I have. If there was a positive for “creepy”, it’d be just right. The thing that’s creeping me out is that somehow, Singapore manages to have this incredibly subtle but powerful blend of England and [...]