Today is a practical day. With the flight back to Manila tomorrow and a pretty packed schedule from then on I took this morning to do all my washing and plan the rest of the stay in the Philippines. Creating my couchsurfing profile and that sort of thing. Then spent the afternoon and early evening in prayer, reading the Bible and spending time in God’s presence, love it, such a great way to spend a day. I’m also doing something I’ve never done before (holidays, perfect time for trying new things) I fasted for the day, eating nothing and only drinking water, never done that before, but I’ve actually found it really helpful for focusing on God as even when I was doing planning and doing my washing whenever I feel hungry it draws me straight back into prayer.

After hanging my clothes up to dry I went out to a secluded spot on the beach further down the coast from El Nido town (about a 45 min walk) and found a spot to put up my hammock. I read a solid portion of Numbers and prayed, covering myself with my towel and the edges of my hammock when as it rained and before I could get out my ukulele to sing some worship the tide started to come back in enough to almost maroon me on my patch of rocks, so I had to down hammock and head back to town.

Then I did more organising and went to sleep.

I found fasting although quite draining, I found it helpful to keep bringing me back to prayer throughout the day, because every time I felt hungry (which was often, especially when walking through town where everywhere sells delicious smelling food) I would be drawn back to prayer.