Settling in the Philippines

Hello everyone. Just wanted to give a quick update of what we have done the last week. It seems like we have been here much longer than one week. We have been busy and have accomplished a lot. We have been mostly shopping to furnish our apartment and unpacking our suit cases. On Sunday we went to a Filapino church with Ken and Joyce. It was quite an experience. They sang worship in English and Tagolog. But all of the preaching was done in Tagolog. It was a pleasure to be able to see them worship. As visitors they had us stand up in front and they sang a welcome song and then everyone came up and greeted us. A little over whelming but very nice. Today we visited Faith Academy. Kim saw a lot of familiar things that she remembered when she went to Faith Academy and a lot of changes.

Please pray for us as we continue to settle in and get ready for the 13 boys that will move in on August 12.
We hope to post pictures soon.
We are very thankful for you prayers! Love the Keatings!

In the Philippines

We have arrived safely in the Philippines. The flight was good but long. We were very happy to get off the plane. But everything went well. Today we will visit Faith Academy. We will keep in touch soon.
We love you all!

Home Sweet Home

We are home (for now)! We just back last night from our one month of traveling. We had a great time visiting churches on the east coast. It was great meeting people that encouraged us with their support and have committed to pray for us. We also had a great time at Greenwood Hills in Pennsylvania at the missionary orientation program. God confirmed that we are doing the right thing. We are more convinced that we are supposed to be at Faith Academy in the Philippines. It was great meeting with those that have the same desire to serve the Lord in a foreign place. We also had a great time visiting with Kim's family at a wedding.
We will be home for 2 weeks and then we fly to the Philippines on July 15. Please pray that these next 2 weeks will go smoothly as we prepare to leave. Thank you for your prayers. We love you all.