PHILIPPINES

         Immediately after final exam week of my Junior year at Hope College, I boarded a plane with 5 other Hope students and 3 staff, and literally travelled to the other side of the world.   After travelling by plane, bus, van, and canoe - we finally arrived in Dibagat - with a mission to build a house for a Wyclef Bible Translator, Rudy Barlaan. Rudy was translating the bible for a group of people called Isnags (www.isnag.org).  Our trip was organized by JAARS, which supports Bible translators with transportation, media and other technologies.  Follow this link for more info on the success of our building project.  (http://www.jaars.org/trips_phil_wrapup.shtml)

This was my first time traveling internationally (other than just across the border to mexico), and I was very excited to experience a new culture.  Rebecca Haynes, another Hope College student on this trip wrote a great essay about this trip, which was also her first time traveling so far from home.  Follow this link to read her impressions of Nard, our trip leader.  (http://yourtruehero.org/content/hero/view_hero.asp?37421)