What's Slithering Around

I have to say this is our longest lull in blogging (our apologies). We have been enjoying our ministry here so much, we haven't had much internet time to share it with you. We love the Filipinos more every day. We have learned so much from them about culture and food. Saturday our pastor and his wife took us to a real Filipino buffet for lunch. While eating we just asked them about how they make the food, where they get the fish, what you call things...tons of info!

No, we did not eat crocodile on Saturday, but we did eat raw fish. These are photos we took on our trip to Crocodile Farm. They had HUGE crocs from the river, like one that was 120 years old and weighed tons. They also had this crazy albino snake. I believe it was a boa that had no black pigment. It was slithery and gross, in my opinion, but Nate was brave enough to try it on for size. I had serious doubts about the reptile.

When they were building our school, they actually found a incredibly long and large boa that was at least 12-15 feet long. That means it is possible to find one in our yard! Our friends' dogs have been killed by cobras, but I have yet to see one myself. You know what, I don't think I ever need to see one. The scariest snakes I have seen are the sea snakes. According to my student, "Every single sea snake is poisonous". Well, that is certainly reassuring. Did I tell you that when we got engaged at sea we saw 4 of them!? (Okay, one of them might have been an eel). I guess that is better than seeing a shark, right? Oh, the Philippines is full of wonderful and interesting things. I just hope I don't have to have a personal encounter with them all.