mangos, mangos...everywhere mangos!

we eat mangoes everyday. EVERYDAY!! ( i know daddy, id be jealous too!). they are the BEST mangoes ive ever had!! i think its like what pineapple is to hawaii, mangoes are to the philippines. they grow wild everywhere, they are sooo delectable and sweet, juicy bits of heaven in your mouth!
yesterday we rented a private beach (only meaning solicitors couldn't come and sell their wares to us...even though they did) and took the team and the base out for a day of splash, surf, and fun in the sun! my favorite moment was when i was laying on the sand, with only my legs in the sun, listening to jack johnson and reading redeeming love...did i mention the sand was on a beach in the philippines? oh, yes, yes i did :)
after a delicious dinner of lumpia, we found some balut!! and i tried a piece! one of our team members, antti, ate an entire one, the rest of us ate microscopically teeny tiny pieces, but still! i ate balut! if you don't know what it is...it is a chicken egg that has been incubated for twenty days, upon which time they cook it...so, in conclusion, it is a chicky that is mostly formed, i felt the beak, most of the bones were developed, you could see a few tiny feathers, but it was still in its sack, with embryonic fluid that you put salt on and suck out before you eat the darn thing.
somebody please, tell me....where in the world are you going to find a grosser food to eat? we wont even mention the smell that emanated once the shell had been cracked.
being a leader is serious business. seriously hard business. everything you do filters down to the team, which makes it hard, because i must always be at the top of my game, i must do it right, or they will do it wrong. ive been thinking lately, where is the line between stepping back and letting them step up and experience and do everything, and when do i take the lead and let them follow? i don't know if i will ever figure it out, so a big prayer is that God would show me everyday in situations when to step up, and when to let them take initiative.
well, im off to family night here at the base, and after a sweaty nights sleep and roosters crowing at all hours(the sun doesn't mean much to them here), were goin' island hopping!!!

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