Safe in the Philippines.

We continue to do well while we await the time when restrictions are lifted and we can return to the U.S.    No one has any idea when that will be.  The Philippines has continued to tighten the isolation through the 15th of April but it may be extended past that time if cases of the virus continue to erupt.

We are so blessed to have this nice home for the time we have tight restrictions.   We have the sitting room right off the bedroom at the upstairs windows/balcony you see in this picture.    We have a window air-conditioner in the bedroom to keep the two rooms comfortable.   It is in the 90's each day with a humidity of 65% or more so it feels very hot in the afternoons.   We have had very little rain since we arrived in the Philippines on March 11th.

 These are views from the front porch looking toward the street.  

We have been confined to the house for more than a week because everyone over 65 is supposed to stay home.   Beginning on April 3rd, the town will be isolated from other cities with routes to Dumaguete and other cities restricted.   For 14 days, everyone is supposed to stay home except for those who have to be out.   There are only small markets in this small town so some people will go out each day for items they can buy at these small stores.   The large grocery in Dumaguete will not be available for us so Ronald and Gigi have stocked up food for us and for the orphanage to last two weeks.    They went on Tuesday and found a long line waiting to get into the store early in the morning.   Only a few were allowed at a time to come in.   Starting April 3rd, only one member of a household can go to buy food.  

We are much safer here than in the U.S. with the rapid growth of hot spots in various cities.   We could do nothing but stay in the parked RV and just go for food and nothing else.   We hope the next two weeks will show a decline in the number of cases in the Philippines and in the U.S.  

Please, everyone stay home and abide by the restrictions so this will end soon.   We pray for everyone and hope we can see better days very soon.   We have no idea when we will get to return to the U.S. but we will keep posting our situation here as more things develop.