First Trip to Bicol - Please Pray!

Steve leaves tomorrow morning early (March 20) for our first survey trip down to Bicol, the area where we will be locating once we complete language study. It is a short trip this time (4 days), but we are praying to start getting some answers about where will be most strategic to locate and what will be the best strategy for reaching this people group as they pose some unusual challenges. We will get into all that later, and we will hopefully have pics for you once he gets back (our camera is broke so he is going to try to borrow one). In the meantime, please pray for safety, health (despite potentially questionable food/water situations), and that he would be able to accomplish a lot on this preliminary survey. A co-worker here and a national pastor will accompany him. Please pray also for me and the kids as we hold down the fort here. Thanks for your prayers, and could you do me a favor? If you are reading this (even if it is after his trip), could you post a comment to this blog or send me an email (sjmhagen@juno.com) to let me know? I am beginning to doubt how many people are actually keeping up with our blog - if this isn't working, then I will need to figure out another way to keep you informed. Thanks!