LSU

You might be wondering why I titled this post 'LSU', well this is why. Today I went to one of the malls in Davao City called SM. As I am walking across the street the guy in front of me was wearing an LSU shirt. That put a huge smile on my face. I tapped him on the shoulder and told him that I was from Louisiana, but I don't think he could understand me. I then realized that I probably just made a big fool out of myself, but it is a small world to see an LSU shirt all the way over here in the Philippines. Another great thing today, I ate at McDonald's for the first time in a long and the first time here. It tasted just like it does in the states, heavenly! You might say why am I eating fast food, well it was a change of what I usually eat. I have been very conscious of my intake and watching my portions. I have lost weight, but not sure how much.

What wasn't so great today was waking up to no electricity and with no electricity there was no water to take a shower. Plus I had many comments on my video that posted on facebook. So I roughed it today. We were getting water in one place and that was outside and I wasn't going to go outside to take a shower. So Br. Poloy got two buckets of water for me and brought them to the upstairs shower. So I have two very cold buckets of water and a smaller bucket with a handle to pour the water, I was able to get a shower. After spending most of my day in Davao with the Brothers, we arrived back here in Digos to electricity, which is nice. I dropped by a party going on here at the school and was shocked at what was going on, but I am going to keep that to myself.

I was afraid that I wasn't going to be able to make it to Mass today, but we managed. We went to San Pablo, which is the parish of the Matina community.

Something that really brought joy to my heart today was when we were heading back to Digos. I was sitting in the front of the vehicle, which sits really high. A jeepney is right next to us and I look at the people in the jeepney and smile, they all start to smile back, then the next thing I know a girl either 3 or 4 years old pops her head up and begins to smile and laugh. It was really touching. So I reached my hand out of the window, the dad of the little girl helped her get her hand out and we gave each other a high five. Although it might not mean a lot for some, but it was really touching. If we passed them or they passed us, I would wave to them. My philosophy is simple, just smile.