During February, I was picked as an "extra" in a commercial for Alaxan FR, which Manny Pacquiao endorses. You can see by the picture below that I was the referee in the commercial. My face can be seen for 2 glorious seconds in the short action-packed "vignette" and my shoulder was featured for an additional second. People don't ask for my autograph or whisper, "isn't that the white ref in the Pac Man commercial?" as I walk by, but that is not why I did it. Being called to the Philippines has afforded me way too much down time, waiting for others to respond or act and I want to be as productive as possible while I am here. Life is short, right? This job helped pay a few bills and gave me a chance to meet a great Christian man and hero to the world. The Congressman (and future President) signed several pair of boxing gloves for me. I will be giving them (via drawing) away to our supporters when we come home to the U.S. If you are a Pac Man fan....these would look great in your living room while helping the kids of the Philippines. It may sound a little strange, but since we moved here in August of 1012, I prayed for an opportunity to meet Filipino people with "stroke" so I can share our mission and get local support. We need to empower the people here. They are more than capable of caring for each other, but the years and years of gov't corruption and wide spread poverty has made many of them numb to act. This was truly a divine meeting for us. Pac Man and I are not bff's or anything, but having my picture with him will give me lots of "street cred" here as we spread the message to some of the toughest street kids in the world. Kids that are living the same life that Manny Pacquiao started as. The love of a Father will soften the hardest hearts and I will beg, borrow or steal* to make it happen. (*"steal" hearts, not taking something with the intention of permanently depriving them of the item.) Please let us know if you want to meet us this summer and hear what our mission is doing in the Philippines. We would love to invite you in as part of the Worship On Wheels team. One truck is great but this is the most densely populated city in the WORLD with an unthinkable population of street kids that think they are forgotten. We want to reach as many children as we can. Their souls are perishable and our time is short.
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