Last Sunday morning, July 5th, we started our crazy Outdoor Education adventures with our 38 middle schoolers! Jessica and I were both able to buy some nice hiking gear the night before thanks to the wonderful birthday gifts I received!
It was great seeing everybody at the airport in our new color-coated Faith Davao Outdoor Ed. t-shirts. Our squad (Jessica and I led a group, or "squad" of 9 middle schoolers) wore the yellow shirts.
Our flight was scheduled to depart at 12:20 early afternoon, so we all arrived extra early at 10:20am on Sunday to make sure we would be okay for the flight. Well, for some reason there were some major problems with the plane engine, so we had to de-plane twice. That's right folks; we had to deplane once; then we waited a while and got on the plane again; but once again, we had to de-plane! The airport staff then rescheduled us for another flight. So, we ended up staying in the airport for a total of 8 hours--we finally took off into the air at 6:20 that evening! 
Our extra delays gave us all some good bonding time in the airport lounge: we sang songs, played games, card games, and took fun group pictures! But, we were very thankful when we arrived in Manila. And, we finally got to bed for a good night sleep in the Faith Manila classrooms at midnight! Thank you, Lord, for protecting us during that crazy first day and keeping us all safe!
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