Blade the Beard

A few months ago some of the girls who live near us asked Josh to shave his beard. I don't know how many of you have seen pictures of Josh lately, but he's got a pretty rockin' beard (if you're in to beards). However, beards are kind of strange in Aurora. Filipinos are not very hairy people and they don't really grow beards. Josh even got asked if he was Muslim, simply because of his facial hair. Nonetheless, these girls are very special to us and we have really enjoyed teaching them and their siblings about Jesus this year. These three girls have particularly seemed very attentive to our stories and have worked hard to memorize several Bible verses. They asked "Kuya Josh" again and again to 'blade' his beard. He finally succumbed and make a deal that if one of them memorized TWELVE verses from our stories together, he would shave. Well, they did it! The first picture is a 'before' picture with Kathleen (and Dustin). In the video below, meet Jan Roma. She's brilliant. And precious. And she won the race to learn 12 verses! She was so proud of herself and so excited for Josh to shave. I couldn't be happier that we caught this moment on video. Enjoy :)