Category Archives: Family and Friends

Philippine Travel Log: Minor Disaster Averted

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Jeff Block

After dinner with our friends and a little shopping – particularly for our new-found fruity friend, the pummelo – we returned to the hotel.  It was getting close to bed time for John, but we still had time to play … Continue reading →

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Philippine Travel Log: Dinner with the Ramos family

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Jeff Block

When Faith originally mentioned the idea that we were going to meet up for dinner in Manila with a family she’d met on the Yahoo! adoption group, my first reaction was paranoia.  I was pretty (legitimately, I think) concerned about … Continue reading →

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Philippine Travel Log: Gotchya Day Zero

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Jeff Block

Adoptive families have an extra holiday to celebrate each year.  In addition to birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Kazmir Pulaski Day, adoptive families celebrate “Gotchya Day”.  This is a special holiday for an adopted child commemorating the day when his or … Continue reading →

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Philippine Travel Log: John’s First Day in the Big City

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Jeff Block

We all got up fairly early for our first day in the big city.  I had stayed up far too late the night before, but it didn’t matter.  We were ready to rock.  We started the day by calling Uncle … Continue reading →

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Philippine Travel Log: The Blocks Return to Manila

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Jeff Block

We’d gotten in fairly late the night before to the InterContinental Hotel in Manila – well, late by John’s standards anyway.  This is the same hotel at which we’d stayed prior to traveling north to get John.  I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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Philippine Travel Log: John’s First Plane Ride

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Jeff Block

After church on Sunday in Dingras, we dropped the bulk of our full van off at Shekinah Home, and headed for the airport.  Our flight was at 7:35PM, and we left Shekinah for the hour-long trip at about 5PM.  We … Continue reading →

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