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telemakus
Joined 2014
Posts: 4

Gonig to PI as a missionary

10 years ago

I have recently been given the opportunity to missionary/ relief work on an assorted group of Islands delivering food to highly impoverished people on some of the many islands surrounding the Philippines. . I am not a wealthy man but did do some excellent planning earlier in life.to give me a 3-4k pension of sorts a month.. I know that most of the business portion (IE fule for flying boa tplanes and boats and the relief materials will be paid for by a relief organization. I believe I will be home based in either the Cebu area or Davao City. I have done missions work in ethipia, african congo, india. I know like in most situations the locals who are part of the mission/relief with be helpful, but I am wondering about any advice about the culture and maybe somethings to look for that might get me in trouble. One thing different about this trip is that everyone says I won't be single after I am there for 2 years.. I have been to all sorts of poverty stricken lands and I have never been told this kind of thing before going. What is it about filipinas that make people say this to me. I am a widower with no kids. what suggestions or advice do I need to know that is different about the Philippines.

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