Classic Mary Moments: Landing in Bohol...

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Landing in Bohol...

I can NOT even begin to explain to you all the feelin of exhileration that I felt when our airplane landed from Manila Philipines onto the island of Bohol!!! My brothers have told me about it soooooo MANY times before...BUUUUUUUUT...the experience was completley different!!!

Here I am on our hour flight from Manila to Bohol...SQUISHED...OMW...it was THE LONGEST HOUR EVERRRRRRRRR!!! LOLOLOL!!! (At least my seat belt still fits now!!!) When the sweward came for my drink request...my brothers were like, REALLLY MARY...you felt like it was necacessary to get coffee...and to mix in the cream and sugar right NOW too!!! LOL...YES... I DID!!! :)

Here we are flying over one of the many Philipine islands...there are over 7000 islands in the Philippines...Manila is the main one and the most Americanized...Bohol speaks a completely differnent language than Tagolag and is way more rural!!!

Most of the people on the island of Bohol have never EVEN been to Manila...

Here we are getting ready to land in Bohol...

Getting CLOSER!!!!

AND CLOSER!!!!!

AND OMW...WE LANDED!!!

ON the runway AND there are houses still RIGHT THERE!!!

I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT!!!

I had been soooooo squished and was feeling soooo sick, my head and nose was soooo stuffed up and my ears were hurting me soooooooooo bad from NOT popping...BUT When I saw this airport and all the green beauty around me I was sooooo EXCITED!!! I could NOT stop smiling!!!

I was LIKE THERESA!!! THIS IS SOOOOOO COOOOL!!! OMW!!! She was like...uuuuuh yeah...AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! It was also like...TOTALLY WARM AND HUME IT OUT...LOL!!!

AND you guys THIS IS IT!!! This ONE building was THE WHOLE ENTIRE AIRPORT!!! I was like in such AWWWWWWWW!!! I mean I have traveled ALL over before BUUUUUT i Have NEVERRRR eperienced such a LITTLE, in the middle of now where airport before!!!!

Oh and LOOOOK!!!! THey have have fire trucks RIGHT THERE....JUST IN CASE...there is a ROUGH landing...NICE!!! :)))

AND THEN LOOK...you just STEP OFF the plain right there...instead of into the airport....

HOW AWESOMELY COOL IS THAT????

And then look...here is everyone's luggage being taken out

AND the moment we enter the NO AC airport...

The adventure IMMEDIATLEY begins!!!

Stay tuned...MORE TO COME!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

The Votaws!!!

He has preached all over the US, China, Taiwan, the Philipines, Vietnam and many more Asian countries. He preaches in underground churches in communism countries. He converted a man on death row in prison to Christ and 3 hours before that man died he baptized him in Jesus name. He prayed the first man in Vietnam to kill and americn soldier through to the Holy Ghost and Baptized him in Jesus name. He has converted trinitartin preachers all over to the Oneness doctrine...BUT ABOVE all else...I thank God that I TOO am ONE OF THOSE souls he reached out too...he gave 7 years of his life to New York City!!! I thank God that he answered the call!!! It wasn't until his 6th & final year as pastor there, that our family came into church...we were there for 9 months before we came to AZ and then right after that the Votaws left NYC for the mission fields of Asia...I THANK God that someone had a burden for NYC!!!

Sis. Kathy!!!

This is the woman that invited my Momma to a Pentecostal church!!! She told me that she was actually new in the church herself and that she would see my mom in the front yard of our house playing with us kids and she just wanted so badly for my mom to have what she had just recieved herself. It may have been just one person that she was witnessing to at that time, but that one person has had an affect on her own five children and now its her Grandchildren that are still recieving the blessing of Sis. Kathy's witness. 25 years ago, it wasn't just my mom...I may have only been two at the time, but it was ME she was winning too! I thank God she wasn't afraid to be a witness and that she didn't give up on my mom. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Acts 2:39) When you decide to live for God it doesn't just stop with you!