Taking 18 months off- more slabs for you!

I really just wanted to post a sincere thank you to the c.c community. Though I have disengaged this summer in preparation for leaving the country I want to say how much I have enjoyed all the give and take and the free advice etc. on the forum. Somehow, despite all of the persecution over my insistence upon accurate and consistent weights and measures, I have managed to find some new fishing partners and some new friends. I look forward to jumping back in come March of 2015 but for the next 18 months my wife and I will enjoy a mission trip to Negros Island Oriental in the Phillipines, where there are many good people to serve and much good work to do. I may lurk now and then and put in my two cents worth but until I get back.....Please use your clickers, measure all but the dinks, and weigh the slabs. Don't make us guess guys. And finally- I would appreciate it if about five of you would make a few extra purchases at QT. I worry that without my patronage they may go out of business before I get back and I have no idea where else I can get caramel Bugles. Appreciate the help. I pray that The Lord may bless each of you with full live wells and with the important and eternal blessings of life as well............Ciller out.

May the Lord bless you and yours on this mission trip!!!

George you and your beautiful wife have a great time in doing the Lords work brother. You will be blessed, although after a few months away from family and gr'kids it may not seem that way. LOL . It has been my pleasure in getting to know you and part of the family, and I will add this while you are gone if they need anything, and DAD isn't around have em call me. I can in no way stand in your shoes, but maybe I can take em fishin or something to pass just one more day without you while they await your return. GOD BLESS George and have a great time...Ranger

George, I will remember our one trip on Keystone. Maybe in 18 mo we can do it again. In the meantime, have a blessed trip and may God watch over you and yours!

Be safe and thanks for being you George! Check in when you can.

may the grace of God and His protection be with you and your wife on your mission trip---the angels will rejoice because of the growth of the Kingdom as a direct result of your surrender to the Lord's will for you....one thing I have noticed here on crappie.com is the many Christians---not just in name but in deed (and when someone can see by your actions you have the Lord Jesus as savior then they will be drawn quicker to Him than if its only heard in our words and never seen)

good luck and Good bless!!! See you back in march 2015!!

Will put you all on my prayer list, as you do Gods work. Time will be gone before you know it! Looking forward to fishing with you when you all get back!! Post some pics from your new home!

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Good luck and be safe! 15 months is about what I'm taking off because of my sons birth and I'm 8 months into it. It's tough I tell ya.

Today is D Day George have a safe trip buddy and God Bless...... Ranger

Good luck, God Bless you and yours and stay safe, Bobo

We're gonna miss you George. The folks at your new home are so blessed to have you and your wife sharing God's word with them. I know they will enjoy your wit and humor just like we do. God bless you.

Sitting in the Hong Kong Airport drinking a 5 dollar Coke and connected to the Internet for the first time in about two weeks. In six hours we will be in the Phillipines and by Friday will be on the island where we will live. I figure this is a great opportunity to catch up with technology and learn to post pictures so once we get settled I will try to exoticize the forum with some pictures of the local poor substitutes for crappie. Hopefully Reaper and Odie will cut me a little slack as I veer from c.c mission statement and bring you guys a little fish culture from 9000 miles away. Thank you for your prayers and well wishes. We loved our training and are having a great experience already!

Looking forward to the Philippine fishing report!

A $5.00 Coke? Whooee hope your not really thirsty ! Good to hear your doing good. Send pics when you can!

Good to hear from you George. Hope you can stay in touch. We'd love to see some foreign fishin pics. Holler if you need anything, we'll find a way to get it to you. Be careful.

Glad to hear you and mom are doing great. Like Redge said hope your not real thirsty lol. Will continue to keep y'all in our daily prayers and God Bless Brother

God Bless you for your work in building the Kingdom of God! I'll keep you in my Prayers!!

God bless you and your wife with a live well overflowing with souls won and an eternity filled with gratitude for the ministry of hope you carry to the people of the Philippines. Can't wait to see some pictures.

Thank you all for your kind words and prayers in our behalf. This is the most beautiful place we have ever been with the kindest and most patient people on earth. In ten minutes we drive from our home in the mountains to the sea shore, passing roadside retail stands every hundred yards. Today we traveled thru a new town where nearly every stand featured strange fish. Soon I will be able to post a few pictures of them I hope. I thought I was pretty smart packing two Calcutta reels in my 100 lb. allotment until I got here and cannot find a rod to attach them to anywhere! Closest thing I have seen to Ranger's cast and drag method is a guy in a dugout throwing out a handline with a coconut bobber and something small on the hook end while his partner paddled like crazy . Protein is pretty precious here. I realized that when I stopped to talk to a man fishing in the ocean in a rocky area. Mono handline with tiny worms. Also in his bait bucket were three fish maybe three inches long. Before I could embarrass myself by admiring his bigger baits he proudly let me know that was dinner for his family. Yes, I'm feeling pretty grateful for how easy I have it here and back home. If I ever find a rod or figure out how to make one I do have two freshwater holes staked out. Supposed to be full of milk fish, which are delicious. They are also part of two fish farms so my Cebuano language negotiating skills may come into play......when I learn Cebuano......if I learn Cebuano.

Glad to hear your update Ciller! It is always good to have a reminder of how fortunate we are! Glad you all are settling in. Will keep you on my Plist!

I hope George and his wife are ok after the devastating typhoon that hit the Philippines. Will be praying for them.

Amen. Just read this thread, start to finish. After hearing about the typhoon that just about devastated the Philippine Islands, I too am praying they are safe. Last I heard, over 1000 dead, and the count is still rising. Also praying for all the lives there.

Been trying to contact George with no success can only lift up prayers for George, his wife, family, and the people of the Philippines.....Ranger

Been worrying about them also, still got them on my Plist!! I would bet most communication is down over there.

We are all waiting to hear from you Ciller!! Lots of Prayers!!

Prayers being sent.


Bobo

Thank you all so much for your prayers and well wishes. We are perfectly fine here on our island of Negros where we were spared the devastation suffered by so many on Leyte. We were hit by another, smaller typhoon yesterday so I was out late into the night wading through floodwaters and carrying kids to my Ford Trekker ( Ranger) then hauling the families back to our local church which is set up as an evacuation center. We fully expected that Typhoon (hurricane) Yolanda or Haiyan would destroy our island paradise but Leyte seemed to blunt the fury of the winds as the storm hit us and then it picked back up once over the ocean again and regained intensity. Many of our new friends here have families on nearby Leyte so we are filling up our truck for a rescue supplies trip to Tacloban soon. Mary and I are not very necessary in all this but our truck is a rare and vital resource so we get many opportunities to serve. We are actually heading out right now for a trip up the mountain where we expect to find people in good shape. Our Internet here is spotty when the weather is good like today but when it is stormy service goes down. The next two months is typhoon season so I may lose touch again but I want each of you to know that here so far away from home and loved ones it really means a lot to see that we are not yet forgotten. Thank you. Will try to stay in touch more consistently.

Thank the lord. It's good to hear from you.

Glad to hear that you are safe.


Bobo

Prayers answered George. God Bless Brother and so glad tour safe and well......Ranger

George, I am so relieved to hear that you are alive & well. We miss ya brother and anxiously await your safe return !

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Prayers answered George. God Bless Brother and so glad tour safe and well.....

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I really thought that she told me to climb on the Carabao and it would take me to the crappie hole but we ended up in a rice paddy so I may have mistranslated a word or two. I was sure I got crappie right but.... Wait a minute I think I see the problem. Attachment 143829

Haha nice!

George, you crack me up!

I think it was the tie.

Or the Crocs with the tie.

That's what I'm talking about! Glad to see they put you to work! Need more pics!!