This morning brought refreshing rain as blue team headed out
to construction, red to a feeding and yellow to the Journey Centre for
painting. On the construction site blue
team smashed out the hard work in the first three hours leaving the red team
with nothing to do after lunch. Drenched in rain, sweat and cement the team
mixed, lifted and poured cement for Marilou (chef extraordinaire) and Dong’s
(foreman in charge of building operations) house. Although it was a struggle to lift the cement
to the roof, the view was definitely rewarding. Under the same rain, the red
team struggled with the wet while feeding the kids in Angona. The yellow team
meanwhile stripped and painted the walls for the children at the Journey
Centre.
While eating lunch a truckload of bed parts pulled up. The
boys all helped to carry each individual, heavy box to the front of the YMC.
After lunch the yellow team headed back to the Journey
Centre to continue their work. Annoyed at the barking dogs they sung Christmas
carols, quieting them (they are now professional dog whisperers). While at
Journey the team also had a chance to play with the kids, building off their
contagious enthusiasm.
Blue team had a further chance to utilise their muscle,
carrying heavy, awkwardly-shaped bed frames down flights of stairs. Switching up
to lighter work the team headed off to a feeding. More laid-back than Tent
City, the feeding provided the team with a chance to enjoy spending time with
the kids as they gave out balloons as well as pipe-cleaner people and rings. Leaving
the feeding site, a little boy ran after the car as they drove away.
Heartwarming and touching it was definitely a highlight of the day.
In the evening the whole team headed off to the Journey
Centre for the children’s movie night. The kids were full of energy and
happiness, clapping throughout victorious moments of the movie Paddington, teaching the team an
interactive clapping game and continuously providing smiles and laughter for
the team. We then drove back to the YMC (courtesy of Miss Smoker’s driving
expertise) for a good sleep ahead of our big day visiting Taal Lake tomorrow.
Hi to all of you in the Philippines. It sounds like you guys are doing some amazing work and being a wondrous blessing to the people and community surrounding you. Using your strength, hearts and creativity to be an inspiration to others is a beautiful way to use your gifts and talents to share God's love. May God bless and keep you as you continue to be instruments for him. May this amazing experience truly enrich each of you. Enjoy your time with the children and their community and may it be a pleasure to your hearts. God Bless.
ReplyDeletep.s. and to Catherine. Wow. What an awesome experience for you and the team. You are not only blessing those around you in the Philippines as individuals and as a team, but to your families back home. We delight in hearing of each days adventures, and may God sustain you all. Our love and prayers are with you and the 2016 Reho Team. Love u
WOW!!! We hope that blue team is not too sore after all the heavy lifting and God will renew your strength. And how wonderful it is to see such a response from little boy to heart-warming food provided by red team. Even dogs are adoring the birth of Our Saviour as yellow team chose to worship Him while they worked. Christ is the center of all you do! Thank you, Jesus! Please keep the team safe as they travel today, we pray. We love you, Lord!
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ReplyDeleteThank you for such detailed update everyday..much appreciated😊 You guys work so hard and conditions not ideal but how rewarding it is to touch hearts and see smiles on these beautiful faces.You are so all blessed. Keep up the enthusiasm..keep having fun...We love hearing those stories. Reuben you are a champ 🏆
ReplyDeleteHi all...thanks for your updates on all your amazing efforts thus far! Hope today's volcanic adventure gave you all a glimpse of the natural beauty of the Philippines amongst the hardships that local people face each day. Keep up all your wonderful works and may you enjoy a time of worship and blessing tomorrow (ps hope Nelson doesn't wear his 'holey' shorts to church!😀). Love from da Newys xxx
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