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Christian missionaries in the Philippines

It's time to find out about Christian missionaries in the Philippines - and what better way to find out than through blogs!

Street in the Philippines
 Find out from their own lips what it's like to live in the Philippines.

The official name of the country is actually Republic of the Philippines.  It's a mountainous country made up of 7107 islands.  Here there are an amazing 79 provinces.  About 88 million Filipino people live here, made up of a number of ethnic groups, including Tagalog, Cebuano and Ilocano.  As you might guess, the languages are varied too.  There are two official languages - Filipino (which is based on Tagalog) and English.  But there are many other dialects used, such as, again, Tagalog, Cebuano and Ilocano, and five others.

It's not surprising that things like sugarcane, rice and coconuts grow here, but you may have seen a lot of other things in the store from the Philippines.  Major industries include assembling electronics, clothing, and various chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Christian missionaries in the Philippines

Philippines waterfall
The Christian missionaries in the Philippines I would like to feature are Daniel and Melissa Pape and their three children. Daniel is actually a graphic and website designer, and it's in this capacity that he's in the country.

The Papes have some great photos of the family and the Philippines. They used to have a photo blog, but now house them in their Flickr account. Here's the main page of the Papes' blog. They've been blogging since May of 2005. The entries talk about ministry, culture and spiritual life. The blog has a news feed too, found at http://feeds.feedburner.com/sendusout-blog

There are many more I could mention.  Newer to our Philippines blogging list is The Devonshire Files, started in May 2006. They also have a news feed for your feed reader, thedevonshires.blogspot.com/atom.xml. The Devonshires are in Angeles City.

For more Christian missionaries in the Philippines, be sure to check out Anasco Family Missions, and KAMPers.  That last one is actually the veteran of the bunch, started in December of 2004.

A few more fun facts about the Philippines

  • Over 70 languages are spoken, and hundreds of dialects based on those languages!
  • Filipinos know bananas.  There are over 70 different varieties there, green, red, yellow, brown, and all shapes and sizes.  If you're from North America you're probably banana deprived.
  • The Filipinos use pesos and centavos for money
  • The Philippines is the home of the world's longest underground river system
  • The oldest city is called Cebu
  • The yo-yo was invented in the Philippines
  • The Philippines is the world's third largest English-speaking nation.  English was brought to the Islands by the British in 1762


    • Rice fields in the Philippines

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