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a fun-loving cheerful group of L9s
from the Church of Holy Spirit
a Catholic parish in Singapore
This blog journals our mission trip
to Bicol in the Philippines
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MISSIONARIES' DAY OUT
STORM ADVISORY #1
Typhoons and Calming the Waters
DON'T BE ALARMED
Day 3
Spirit Filled Day
Day 2 Pictures
Reunions and First Meetings
WHAT A DAY
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Monday, December 15, 2008
11:12 PM
The day's activities and the lack of computers in our HQ didn't give us enough time to upload pictures and do an exhaustive blog about today's events. So this is going to be short and sweet. We'll just post the most of the pictures later; otherwise just follow your friends' facebook.
We motored in 2 jeeps to the barrio of Dona Mercedes at about 8am. We reached the barrio at about 8.45am to a rapturous welcome from students and teachers -- a welcome which gave new meaning to the word "short" as the welcome was super long (more than 2 hours!!!), with lots of Bicol and Philippine culture and traditions on display. There were no less than four dances presented, three songs, and we also contributed our own number. We performed a series of praise songs. And the Majullah Singapura reverberated across the mountain barrio when we sang Zubir Said's obra maestra upon the request of the school.
Later on, we split ourselves into four groups: the kindergarten group, the elementary school group (2 sub-groups), the painting froup, and the outreach group (2 sub-groups).
Each of the outreach groups managed to reach their target of bringing relief supplies to 10 houses in the Dona Mercedes wilderness. Meanwhile, the chapel group made great strides in repainting the chapel the little house of worship. The school groups, however had difficulty communicating with the local children in English but were helped immensely by the Bicol University volunteers who were on hand once again.
We had a hearty lunch, with bananas and fresh coconuts thrown in.
Our mission group left at 4pm via the same jeeps that fetched us, and had dinner at 6.30pm.
We closed the night with carolling sessions at Mrs Fidencia Camba's house and Jeanalyn Conde's house in Calzada, and made our way back to the hostel by 10, beating the town's 10pm curfew for teenagers with one minute to spare.
We will continue with our Dona Mercedes mission on Tuesday and hope to finish what we want to do by Wednesday.
This is all for now, and please continue to play for us even as we begin to make our countdown for our departure on Friday.
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The day's activities and the lack of computers in our HQ didn't give us enough time to upload pictures and do an exhaustive blog about today's events. So this is going to be short and sweet. We'll just post the most of the pictures later; otherwise just follow your friends' facebook.
We motored in 2 jeeps to the barrio of Dona Mercedes at about 8am. We reached the barrio at about 8.45am to a rapturous welcome from students and teachers -- a welcome which gave new meaning to the word "short" as the welcome was super long (more than 2 hours!!!), with lots of Bicol and Philippine culture and traditions on display. There were no less than four dances presented, three songs, and we also contributed our own number. We performed a series of praise songs. And the Majullah Singapura reverberated across the mountain barrio when we sang Zubir Said's obra maestra upon the request of the school.
Later on, we split ourselves into four groups: the kindergarten group, the elementary school group (2 sub-groups), the painting froup, and the outreach group (2 sub-groups).
Each of the outreach groups managed to reach their target of bringing relief supplies to 10 houses in the Dona Mercedes wilderness. Meanwhile, the chapel group made great strides in repainting the chapel the little house of worship. The school groups, however had difficulty communicating with the local children in English but were helped immensely by the Bicol University volunteers who were on hand once again.
We had a hearty lunch, with bananas and fresh coconuts thrown in.
Our mission group left at 4pm via the same jeeps that fetched us, and had dinner at 6.30pm.
We closed the night with carolling sessions at Mrs Fidencia Camba's house and Jeanalyn Conde's house in Calzada, and made our way back to the hostel by 10, beating the town's 10pm curfew for teenagers with one minute to spare.
We will continue with our Dona Mercedes mission on Tuesday and hope to finish what we want to do by Wednesday.
This is all for now, and please continue to play for us even as we begin to make our countdown for our departure on Friday.
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