Sacasacan and Saganda

We took another perilous journey on a jeepney to the village about an hour and a half away. Sometimes it’s best not to look. That way you don’t know how close you are to the edge. But, as every other time, we made it safely to our destination. Our family was escorted to our accommodations, a pink home both inside and out. Just the place for a family of four daughters. The CR was located outside down the steep cement steps. Annalise fell down the last half on her second decent adding more bumps and bruises to her already marred body. But God builds children really resilient. More than adults. Thomas was once again very ill and needed to go to bed. There seems to be a heavy spirit over this place. It is much in need of the Light of the World. We needed to make our way around a man who was passed out on our way to our home for the night.

Many prayers were said for Thomas and, although not completely well, he was able to make the journey to the nearby village of Sadanga were he was scheduled to preach. While he gave a message on the fruit of the Spirit, Adriana and Annalise taught the children gathered at a nearby building some songs. Alexie and Alayna had stayed in Sacasacan due to limited transportation space. Annalise decided to join the adults at church much to an elderly man’s delight. He was especially taken with her. He played with her hair and asked to have his picture taken with her. Annalise was reluctant at first probably thinking she had already been patient enough with him. We had a little private conversation about how much it meant to him, what a blessing that would be and a way to show love to him. “It would be a blessing to him?” she asked. Then she was ready to pose with him. After church, the man invited Annalise to his home. I quickly got a TDTS student to join us so we had a translator available. We climbed and climbed up many steps to get to his home. There his wife was sitting smoking a pipe. He invited us to eat with him but we needed to get back as someone else had already prepared a meal for us. After a delicious meal, we stopped at the hot springs. The women’s was just a shallow trough of warm water. No photos as there were women of various ages and we were the only ones wearing clothes. According to Thomas the men’s was a larger area but with just about 5 inches of water.

Back in the van after a quick game of ping-pong then back to Sacasacan to join up with the rest of the team to return to Bontoc.