On Friday morning, Shannon, Claudia, Brad and Kim rode a Jeepnee and a Hobble Hobble (the motorcycle up the dirt road to the shelter) to the shelter to experience the local transportation. What a blast!
Brad and Kim were able to see the kids begin their day at school singing the national anthem of the Philippines. We helped in several classrooms at the school during the morning and here you see the preschoolers singing "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes."
Sheryl was able to visit all the local hospitals to see the medical care and to gain understanding about why the shelter is in process to build their own clinic on campus. Tammy, Claudia, Shannon and Molly were also about to play with bubbles with the toddlers.
In the afternoon, we took the kids on bike rides. First the 9-10 year olds rode BMX bikes in a subdivision where the Baptist Missionaries have a retreat house. Here Al is helping a little one who couldn't quite reach the pedals!
We also took about 30 10+ year olds to a mountain road to ride the mountain bikes we bought. The kids had so much fun and worked so hard to avoid the dump trucks and motorcycles on the road. The girls rode the bikes up the hill (ladies first goes wrong!) and the boys rode them down.
Here the kids are bursting with excitement as they wait to ride.
The local kids gathered around to see our parade of bikers. There was a stark contrast between the local kids and the kids from the shelter. Our kids had joy in their eyes and freedom in their steps while the local kids carried the burdens of poverty and separation from God.
Praying before the kids ride.
The girls riding up the hill.
The boys riding down the hill.
Later Friday night we had dinner at Teacher Amy's house. It was there that Ruth, one of the social workers who originally started the shelter, introduced Brad to Belot.
She and Brad ate 14 day old eggs. The inside had a little grey bird surrounded by yellow yolk with veins running through it. Brad and Ruth ate an egg each and Tammy tasted the yolk.
During dinner we heard geckos barking or quacking or making some kind of strange noise and we did our best to dodge the bats. What a day!
1 comment:
It's pretty funny. You say the lady introduced the guy to belot. I think you meant to say balut. Belot is the word they use for vagina, balut is the word for the grown fetus egg thing. Haha, maybe you should change it.
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