After 15 Years

Here's my first post after days of pondering what I would say on this blog.
I came to California when I was 17 in 1984 to study art and design at UCLA. Don't worry I'm not going to bore you with my life story. Fifteen years later I would finally get to go home. It was 1999 God blessed me with a beautiful wife , Wanda a son Matthew and another son to come in a few months named Nathaniel. I was unemployed and living off unemployment checks and blessings that our church had been providing us.

Then one day I got a call from my mom that they would be willing to pay for my air fair if I wanted to come home and visit, so I accepted.

14 hours in the plane sure was a lot of time to think about what has changed in my country after 15 years. I was excited and sad at the same time because my family was not with me. When I arrived home I had a great time with my family they took me shopping and to all the fun places. However one thing that I noticed was the poverty and the street kids. I remember that they would come up to the car and knock on the window to beg for money. People in their cars would just ignore them until they go away, some were barefoot and others were just dirty half naked little kids, it was heartbreaking.
I came back to the states with a different perspective and a tug in my heart. I believed God was calling me to do something about it.
So our journey began, my wife and I decided to go back to the Philippines with our kids the following year and be a part of the Extreme Mission Team.

God Bless,

Ferdinand Onandia
Endure Company