balut or some spell it balot

Just for the RECORD!! Some are calling Eric now a TRUE PINOY which means
TRUE Filipino! Just the other night He was a true and brave Missionary trying BALOT!!! Yes, this is true, and if you have not seen the fear factor show that has balot.

Let's just say tara would not give him a good night kiss until he completely brushed his teeth and used MOUTHWASH!!

So your saying what is Balut or some spell it balot?

A partially shelled balut egg, ready to be eaten.A delicacy of Southeast Asia and especially the Philippines, a balut is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. Popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a hearty snack, balut are mostly sold by street vendors at night. Their high protein content is complimentary to the consumption of beer. The word balut roughly translates to mean "wrapped".

Balut are most often eaten with a pinch of salt, though some balut-eaters prefer chili and vinegar to complement their egg. The eggs are savored for their harmony of textures and flavors; the broth surrounding the embryo is sipped from the egg before the shell is peeled and the yolk and young chick inside can be eaten. All of the contents of the egg are consumed with the exception of a hard white chunk (the bato or "rock") that is found in the bottom of the egg. Balut have recently entered higher cuisine by being served as appetizers in restaurants: cooked adobo style, fried in omelettes or even used as filling in baked pastries.

Objectives

Objectives

This is one thing that we sat down with from pretty much day one or early on in our trip. We apologize for not sharing these objectives before now! Though here they go!

First some of the overall Organization Objectives for 2006 would be as followed:

60 churches trained and multiplied through church planting coaching networks and through church multiplication training (which our office prints and distributes material strictly for church planting).

100 local churches assisted in reaching their region through sports and short term. An additional 50 local churches assisted to reach regions that have no churches.

50 local churches assisted and trained in starting their own sports ministry.

150 local church leaders challenged to lead their churches to “take the next step” in missions resulting in new missions goals at the local church level.

5 missions partnerships catalyzed to target unreached people groups or gateway cities.

15 local players trained and disciplined in Sports Ambassadors ministry.

10 Outland Adventure staff trained and disciplined in OA Ministry.


Okay, now your asking well can you really do all this in a year? Well, that's first why they are goals, and secondly, the organization that we are with has two different offices one in Davao City and the other in Manila. The one here in Davao has 4 full time missionaries all striving towards working together to reach these goals. Second, your asking so which or where do you play a role in. Well, we are working towards the last two goals where we are building relationships, leading Bible Studies, disciplining one on one our local sports ambassadors team, and outland adventure staff. When sitting down going over these objectives. The missionary was sharing what kind of blessing it was to have 25 and maybe up to 30 young adults willing and wanting to listen and learn from you. He was going on to share how some missionaries work a life time just to get those 25 to 30 people to listen to them or the next missionary! Yet, the Lord has placed us in this perfect position to share and teach His ways through us. That's a humbling feeling, and we only continue to ask for wisdom to be a His vessel through this year in the Philippines and where ever He leads us to next.

An individual objective that we have as a couple is that we feel as though we are needed here to help a couple we have talked about before Tata and Cherrill. They are a newly married couple also. They have no example of a Christian marriage in their lives besides Rich and Marla. We feel like we are the only newly married couple that they see. It sometimes is a lot of pressure but at the same time it helps to make sure our relationship is in check and where it needs to be.