http://www.taylorfamily.asia Serving God though missions in Asia and the Pacific Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:16:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last weekend, tropical typhoon Ketsana slammed the Philippines and dumped nearly 17" of rain in six hours across the metropolis of Manila.  The areas hit hardest by the massive flooding seemed to be concentrated in close to our home community. Our local church, Taytay First, suffered greatly with 80% if ... http://www.taylorfamily.asia/ministry/typhoon-ketsana/ Returning home to Manila after our five month trip to the States was fabulous.  It is wonderful to be back in our cozy house in the tropics.  We had a delightful young family staying here while we were away.  It was a perfect situation for them as well as us, ... http://www.taylorfamily.asia/family/hellos-and-goodbyes/ Several weeks ago, a good friend wrote an email to me with this subject line "Time To Post".  That was all he said...oh yea, and he also offered a quick link to my editing page just to make it easier.  I thought about writing for many days, which turned into ... http://www.taylorfamily.asia/family/where-ya-been/ These past few months have been very interesting for our family as we have begun the adjustment of our family being separated.  All of you know that we are back in Manila embarking on a new ministry assignment for the church.  Most of you know that Jordan is in the states ... http://www.taylorfamily.asia/family/its-not-just-a-phone-call/ Since arriving back from home assignment on September 3rd, I have been working through many obstacles that were standing in my way and preventing me from writing another update.  Well, it has now officially been "too long" and today is the day to write our friends and family with an ... http://www.taylorfamily.asia/family/all-is-well/ This week our family traveled to Nashville, Tennessee where Jordan will be starting her college career at Trevecca Nazarene University.  We have been staying on the Trevecca Campus at the Mark's Guest House and enjoying the southern hospitality.  It will be a very big change for our family when we all return ... http://www.taylorfamily.asia/family/off-to-college/