Magandang gabi!

this is my first official blog, or unofficial-however you prefer it. i'm heading to the philippines this october. woohoo! our team is composed of my best friends (it just works out that way), and i'm excited about what we'll learn there together. we're a little less than four months out and i am starting to feel it.
i have stayed busy this summer working at the patel conservatory and teaching theatre. it's been wonderful. i get totally inspired when i'm there. i get to work with an amazing staff and share the arts with my students, (many of whom are experiencing the arts for the first time). it's so amazing to witness their faces when they really see what they're capable of creating. i've also been raising support for the trip and learning a few catch phrases of tagolog where i can, (you should hear me-i sound funny making these sounds). most people speak english in the philippines but as it turns out we'll need to know some tagolog.
to be perfectly honest, i think saying goodbye will be pretty difficult for me....things have been really good lately. it's weird-i feel like i'm at the beginning of some new relationships in my life and yet leaving too, i know i'll have to trust God to keep these friendships for when i return. i feel really lucky to have such great friends.
well that's all for now.
peas and carrots,
crystal