I have a good news to you, We 42 students in Philadelphia School and most of them are free tuitions and books and their parents pastor Tom having a bible study to them, also they go in our church on Sunday Service. And the Package that you send to us specially school supplies is a big help to those that cant afford to buy school supplies, and also the salary of the teacher we never worry about the monthly salary, because of the POA saints God bless your heart.
About kids specially Jireh and Genesis they never forget you we always talk about POA and specially the DVD’S that Mam Melani gave to Pastor Tom, the BOTT 2008 Jirah saw you singing in the choir and she go to the T.V screen and she KISS YOU…and she say, OH ANDREA I MISS YOU SO MUCH..even your picture she always bring in her school and she show your picture to her classmate and she says that this my friend from USA.
They miss you so much, they waiting of your coming back again in handuamanan even Becky they never forget you and the church too.
Til next time…..i Love soo much! say Hello to bro Steven from Pastor Tom.”
The view from the church window in Bacolod City
Bacolod City, Philippines
Across the street from the church, Bacolod City, PH
Entering Handumanan Village
Waiting for several hours for us to arrive
Welcoming us to their village
Welcome service
The Church
Children enrolled in the church school singing a welcome song
Even though it was the hottest time of the year and they had a couple hundred people in the cinderblock building, the church gathered all the fans and turned them toward us. We felt awful.
Buying school supplies for the Handumanan Village school. For $20, Becky and I bought enough supplies for the whole year for 24 students, plus misc. supplies the teachers needed
Our new friends
Teaching the children
These children were so quiet and respectful. You could hear a pin drop. They were very easy to teach.
Beautiful kids!
Watching a game of basketball. You have never seen one like this! The guys were in flip flops and had a dirt, uneven court, it was fun to watch.
This little tike was curious about me. I kept trying to give him a granola bar, but he wouldn't come get it.
He finally came and got it. I had several granola bars in my purse because we did not know when or if we would be able to eat. I gave them all away. The kids were so sharing. They tore theirs into tiny bits and shared with others who did not get one.
The girls enjoying my Bath and Body Works, 'Sweet Pea', hand sanitizer
Jimmy, in the purple and gold, played b-ball with the guys. They picked on him, but also protected him at the same time. Even though he is only about 5'6 - 5'7, they called him Jim-Shaq because he towered over a lot of them! HA!
The kids waiting outside in line to come in and perform the song I taught them. So happy!
Last day in the PH. My new friends!
Manila, PH, in the kitchen at ACTS Bible College
This is the American Cemetery in Manila, PH. These are service members who served in World War I and World War II
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Bro. and Sis. Mallory, after this trip, decided to go back to the Philippines and become full time missionaries there. For the works they are doing and for updates, you can visit their blog at: http://thoughtsfromthemalloryhearth.blogspot.com/
Here are pictures of when we toured a school in Manila that our church supports. We toured the girls sleeping area (it was a small little hall where they had wooden frame beds with no mattreses!) and noticed that they did not have mattresses. The four of us asked how much mattresses were and quickly found out that with a donation of $20 from each of us, these girls could have mattresses to sleep on by that night. We quickly coughed up $20 bucks.
Philippines Girls dorms
The hall where they sleep
One of the classrooms, Manila, PH
2-26-09
The beautiful sign that greeted us at Handumanan Village, Philippines.
1-09-09 I finally got organized enough to upload some of our trip pictures. Click here to see some of the pictures from our trip. More will be posted as I have time.
Andrea
Manila, PH
This picture is of the first day or two we were in Manila. The end of July is the rainiest and hottest time of the year there. The streets become flooded very easily. These were taken from the van as we were trying to get back to our hotel without having to break out a paddle!
Andrea
I am back from my missions trip to the Philippines! We had a great time. The reason I did not advertise that I was going is because everyone in Alexandria knows my address since it has been published in the paper. I did not want any problems while I was gone.
Coming soon are pictures and our experiences. I am thankful to be back on American soil. If the floor wasn’t so dirty in the San Francisco airport, I might have kissed the ground! We are blessed to live in such a great country.
Andrea
Hi I was googling Handumanan Philippines b/c my little sister is serving a mission in the philippines Bacolad mission for 18 months and is in the city/village of Handumanan right now and your site is the first thing that pulled up. I saw you were serving a mission there too, for the LDS church? or a different one? Just curious where you fly into over there and what is was like. We dont get very many pictures from her just weekly emails saying it’s flooded from typhoons
We took a church trip there last year and a group from our church visits every year. We are affiliated with the UPC. I will try to post some more pictures so you can see what the village is like.
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