Jul 5
Brazil, Day 22: July 4th in Brazil
By Joshua Huang

Ugh…I woke up so tired this morning! Not from going to bed late, but simply from being worn out the day before. I set my alarm to wake up early for a run, but I quickly put that idea aside when it sounded. I would rather be at my best throughout the day than to more »

Jun 18
Brazil, Day 4: First Sunday in the South
By Joshua Huang

This morning I slept in until 7:30, ate a breakfast of cake, fried cheese, banana, and caja juice, and left for church. On Sunday morning they have Sunday School and then in the evening they have their main service because that’s when most people attend. Sunday evening at home is the exact opposite. Sunday School more »

Jun 14
Brazil, Day 2: Touchdown and Flashback
By Joshua Huang

After boarding the airplane yesterday in Detroit and departing at 7:50 EST, I arrived in

Jun 29
Philippines: A Reflection on the Trip
By Joshua Huang

It is now about 9:14pm (10:14am Philippine time), a little over one week after we left Uncle James’ house for the Manila airport. It was a fun, educational, and eye-opening vacation/experience. I enjoyed getting to know most of my relatives a little better- even those that I didn’t know I had. I liked going to more »

Jun 26
Philippines, Day 19: The Final Leg
By Joshua Huang

As we came in sight of the city of Seattle, we tried to find anything that looked familiar to us. We had our best landing of the trip at about 2:15pm PST (5:15am Philippine time, 4:15pm CST) not having found anything familiar. I took a last look at one of my favorite airplanes, the 747 more »

Jun 25
Philippines, Day 18: Fond Farewell
By Joshua Huang

[Because the Philippines is half a day ahead of the US, we left the Philippines on Sunday, July 4, and arrived back in Minneapolis over 24 hours later on the same Sunday, July 4. I will split the return trip into two blog posts.] This morning, we left the Philippines. Dad had stayed up most more »

Jun 24
Philippines, Day 17: Into the Maximum Security Prison
By Joshua Huang

On Saturday morning- today- we came to the dental office for one last visit. On the way here, we went by the house where Dad was born and first grew up in. It was not much compared to the house we’re staying in that he later lived in. The bakery that used to be across more »

Jun 23
Philippines, Day 16: Back to Manila
By Joshua Huang

This morning, Friday morning, we woke up and left the hotel around 8:26am (7:26pm CST) after eating breakfast at Chow King again. I thought we were going to go straight back to Manila, but it turned out that we had more relatives to go see. This time we went to meet Jessie Rose’s inlaws. They more »

Jun 22
Philippines, Day 15: Family Reunion in Baguio City
By Joshua Huang

It’s 7:02am Thursday morning, and we are headed toward breakfast. I slept better last night, although I had to wake up earlier today than I had to yesterday. After eating breakfast, we headed toward Baguio. Uncle Job had gotten hold of Uncle Joseph and he had said we could come. We took the Marcos highway more »

Jun 21
Philippines, Day 14: Sights and Sounds of Santa Maria
By Joshua Huang

It’s Wednesday morning, and we just left the hotel. I don’t know where we’re headed right now, but I guess I’ll find out soon. I slept pretty well last night; at least the beds were comfortable. It’s about a quarter till eight right now. The place we went to next was another oceanside hotel. We more »