Rice patties in Maitum

Jungle on a bank of the Pangi River, near DWM

Mango grove in Maitum

Hills and mountains beyond the DWM site

Aurea's uncles, who are tribal Datus (chieftains and elders)

Rice threshing in Maitum

Kipulkuda Elementary School on the day we visited to provide school supplies and announce the lunch program

These are the children you are helping if you participate in the lunch program. By helping to keep these kids in school, you're giving them a future.

A T'boli student's mother dances for us on the school's opening day celebration

A local T'boli Datu (chieftain)

The Upo church you helped rebuild after it was swept away by a flash flood in June, 2006

Inside the (old) Upo church

The mission farm land prior to our beginning of operations (planted in forage corn here). Our home is being built in the jungle beyond.

Mission property. The warehouse, meeting hall and clinic will eventually be built on this parcel.

The site of our future home. The bamboo surrounding our house is the favored sleeping area for Cobras. You're welcome to come and take one home as a pet . . . take them all . . . PLEASE!

A T'boli village not far from the mission site

A T'boli home on the Pangi River. The husband harvests Rattan from the Jungle and his wife weaves it into baskets for sale.

This badly deformed child is 12 years old but the size and intelligence of a 3 year old. She could be the victim of inadequate prenatal care, which we hope to address through the clinic we plan to eventually build on the DWM site. Pray we can introduce basic health care as soon as possible.