Hello Manila!

So, I'm here, in Manila, after about 26 hours of travel. This is my 3rd day here and jet-lag still may very well be the death of me...but together with a little bit of coffee, Coke, and Tylenol and a lot of God I think I'll make it :)

I'm going to go back to Day 1 just to keep things organized...

After merely 4 hours of sleep, I woke up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ready for the day! I met the amazing girls at Safe Refuge (from here on out referred to as "Safe") and after lunch we went to get groceries for Safe.  Grocery shopping in Manila is super fun, as well as super stressful for those indecisive people such as myself between the millions of different brands and flavors of every single item it's so easy to get overwhelmed but options are great! However, that's not the exciting part of the shopping trip....

We were standing at a kiosk outside the grocery store looking at DVDs to take back for movie night at Safe, when Naomi looks over my shoulder and points. Then she says "Oh, look a little rat just ran that way" in an adorable squishy face voice as if it were some cute little cuddly bunny rabbit or something. So after I sarcastically thank her for pointing it out, (as ignorance really is bliss in some instances) I began shifting from one foot to another in antsy anticipation until we left.  Fortunately, since I didn't actually SEE the furry little thing, I think I can continue to act like they don't really exist...we'll see how long that last! ;)