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“The reason that I am in the Philippines is to serve at Faith Academy, and because of that, I get to live in this beautiful country! Getting to teach awesome students on school days and explore during breaks? What could be better?

One of my favorite places outside of Manila, is Sagada. A few years ago my friends and I took an overnight bus north of Manila to Banaue only to discover the final leg to Sagada was via a jeepney. Not wanting the beautiful rice terraces in the mountains to pass by unseen, we thought to ask if we could ride on top of the jeepney. Twisting and turning on the narrow roads through the cold and cloudy mountains laced with beautiful rice terraces is one of the most exhilarating things I’ve done. I’d liken it to riding through a picture-perfect postcard.

Living in the Philippines means I don’t have to choose between ‘the mountains or the beach.’ Being an avid snorkeler and scuba diver, I have fallen in love with the beautiful, calm, warm waters of Coron on the island of Palawan. I’ll never forget swimming under a small opening in the limestone during low tide to a beautifully peaceful marine lake. Coron is also home to my favorite diving experience! A friend and I got to dive through a Japanese WWII ship that was torpedoed and now lays on its side. We weaved in and out of what was left of the different floors and rooms, ascended through the torpedo hole and spent some time admiring the gorgeous coral that’s taken over the ship. It was such a great dive!

I will always and forever love visiting the island of Corregidor! I love the history. I love the jungle-hiking. I love the pier-jumping. I love the hammock-sleeping. I love the monkeys (but not foolishly so – if you know, you know.) Ever since my first Corregidor Outdoor Ed, I envied the site staff who got to ride their motorbikes around the island all week, and this his past Christmas, I was able to fulfill a dream of mine by renting a motorbike for a couple of hours to shuttle people around Corregidor island!

While these are three of my favorite places to visit in the Philippines, in all sincerity, my favorite place to be is in my classroom at Faith Academy with my amazing students – the entire reason why I am here!”

“Few people know that I am an electrical engineer and had the chance to intern at NASA. When I was in college, I interned at the Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington, DC. I worked at automating a vacuum chamber which was used to test optics before they were sent into space. The chamber was in a clean room, so I had to wear a full-body clean suit and gloves all day while I worked. Now that I teach aquatics at Faith Academy, I’ve traded in my full-body clean suit for a full-body wetsuit.

What I love most about working at Faith is getting to help students figure out who they are and giving them lots of opportunities to try different things as they do that. There were a couple students I had in Bible study who went to a large state school in the US together. They both ended up getting involved with CRU there and they wrote back to me after a year saying that they never would have gotten involved in student ministries if we hadn’t had that Bible study. One of them works for CRU full-time now, so it’s cool to see them passing on what they have learned and helping disciple others.

Ultimately, with my time here at Faith Academy, I hope to see our students know both what it means to love Jesus and to impact the world.”

“We moved to the Philippines to begin teaching at Faith and we have been blown away by the Faith community’s hospitality, generosity, and love. God has graciously been allowing us to feel at “home” at Faith as we experience the unity and diversity within the Body of Christ through this amazing group of people. It has been worth following God in faith because we have the privilege of participating in the Great Commission by teaching and building into the children of missionaries. If others feel that the Holy Spirit is prompting them to invest in Faith Academy, they would be able to participate in this beautiful partnership of furthering the gospel in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and beyond.”

Grady teaches Grade 10 Social Studies and Grade 12 Bible. He spent his childhood years in Japan, Philippines, and Canada. Whereas his wife, Brittany, teaches French 1 and Bible 11. Brittany spent her childhood years in Canada.

“My most memorable experience while working in Middle School was my first time attending Outdoor Ed at Taal, Volcano for a hike. I had the chance to be on the island, not only that but they let me be involved in the ministry aside from working in the office. I loved being around the kids in the school ministry, singing praise songs, and sharing the word of God through storytelling.”