Today is our final day here at YWAM Lausanne! Tomorrow morning we fly to Amsterdam, where we'll meet up with Jake's mom and dad. We'll have a chance to explore the homeland, where Jake's Grandpa Mulder grew up. After 10 days with Jake's parents, we'll meet up with Lauren's parents to explore some more of Europe.

Please keep us in our your prayers as we travel. Some specific requests would be:
- Praise God for everything he has done in our lives and used us to do in other's lives over these past months!
- That the lessons God taught us during our missions experience would sink in to our hearts and minds as we travel and relax.
- Wisdom as we make decisions about jobs, school, and what we do when we head home.
- The ability to relax and recharge after all the new experiences and pain we've seen.
- Our parents as this is their first time in Europe!

Our plan is to head home at the end of June, and we'd love to catch up and show our pictures to each of you! Until then, here are a few more pictures from our outreach....



We were a long way from home!




This was home for part of our group in the Philippines


Swiss Alps on the way home!


Lauren at the airport

This just in: Jake and I have arrived safely in Lausanne.
We want to thank you so much for your prayers.
Our travel went amazingly smooth and breathing in the Swiss air after our adventures in China has never seemed sweeter.
We hope to post a few more pictures this week of our outreach... especially now that we have our laptop back:)
God bless all of you and thanks again!

Hey everyone,

We're down to our last week of ministry on Boracay Island and outreach! The work on the island has been well organized, and about what we expected. A few days each week are spent on construction for their school/church. Most days from 4:00 - 5:30 pm we feed and play games with hundreds of children on the island. Almost every evening we also teach for some sort of Bible study or mid-week service, and a few of us have spoken at their Sunday service.

Personally, both us are holding up well. We're enjoying our final days here, but are very ready to head back to Europe and eventually the U.S! We probably won't update the blog again until we're back in Switzerland in 10 days or so. We look forward to seeing all of you and sharing our stories next month!

Our group at dinner with the Pastor and Pastora

Lauren, Jake, and Julia at a house church Bible study

A sunset from the beach

Us at dinner

Lauren teaching some of the children at a feeding site

A view of the beach