I will supply the movies, you supply the popcorn.

I thought I would share a few short videos of the children at the children’s home.

Kevin was doing his best to teach me this song.   He never did succeed but he would sing for me day after day.

I was at the market picking up supplies and had purchased a large bag of rice.  Since I had recently had hip surgery, I was limited in what I could carry.  I asked the tricycle driver to carry it to the tricycle for me.  I got in to wait and this little boy just jumped in with his ball and was chattering away.

Towards the end of my stay, Leray was running a fever and not feeling well.  Princess noticed that she was moping and without any suggestions or prompting, went over to her and started comforting her.  I was so proud of my daughter and the compassion she showed.  She wondered if I had any suggestions to help with the fever and I gave her some alcohol to rub her skin and try to cool her down.  I don’t know if that is still an accepted help while waiting for the medicine to work, but mom used to do that for us sometimes.

 

For her 13^th birthday 2 years ago, Princess got a guitar and a beginner’s book.  I asked her to play a song.   She had taught herself this song from hearing it on the radio.

Here is a clip of Leray teasing me on a day when she felt better.  I had taken a lot of treats for the children, so when you see them with candy and crackers, it is not a usual thing.

You can keep up with the happenings at the children’s home in your Facebook feed by liking and following us on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/childrens.hope.90

You may also support the children’s home by going to the following link http://hopehomeandschool.com/index.php/support/

Also, if you share the Facebook postings when you find them interesting, it will help spread the word about our children.

If you would like to hear more about the children’s home, I am available to speak to your church, missions group, or other organization.

 

I have a request for my friends on this website and that follow on Facebook.  Would you please consider sharing this post?

I am looking for a missions minded person who would be interested in helping an Indiana faith based non-profit with a couple projects.

We operate a children’s home in the Philippines where we take care of 37 children and young people.   We are also in the process of expanding the small school into voc/tech training to provide alternatives to the very limited employment choices that is causing many of the families to be separated.

The needed assistance would be done via phone and computer so close geographical location to us is not a concern.

If you are interested, please PM me for detailed information.

We have rented the building that the children’s home is located in for over 10 years.   The owner had taken a mortgage out using the property as collateral.   About a year and a half ago, the owner quit making the mortgage payment.

Inday found out about from the bank what was going on and that they were going to start foreclosure action.   She has been making the payments since then to keep it out of foreclosure.

When I was there in May, the banker talked to me and explained that the owner had actually taken out mortgages against two properties.    As I understand the problem, the other property was in such bad condition that the unpaid mortgage exceeded the value of that property.   The value of the property where the children’s home is located exceeds the unpaid balance of both properties.   The banker is feeling pressured to liquidate both of these properties to recover the bank’s financial exposure.

At this time, we do not have a deadline, but it will be coming sooner than later.   The preferred way is to pay off the unpaid balance of the property where we are and get it into our name.   It will cost right at $5,400 at the current rate of exchange for all fees; payoff of the mortgage, survey or as they called it engineering, and legal fees to register it.

The current owner has already signed the papers with the banker to allow this transaction to take place.   We would own the property and would not be liable for the other property if this occurs before the banker is forced to take action.   If it occurs after the bank takes action, our expense to keep the property would be more than double that amount.

I would ask that you keep this situation in prayer.   If you have a donation that you would like to put towards the building fund, you may do so on the support tab on the website, and with that in mind, we are a 501-C-3 non-profit organization with all the tax advantages that would apply to your situation.

You can keep up with the happenings at the children’s home in your Facebook feed by liking and following us on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/childrens.hope.90

You may also support the children’s home by going to the following link http://hopehomeandschool.com/index.php/support/

Also, if you share the Facebook postings when you find them interesting, it will help spread the word about our children.

If you would like to hear more about the children’s home, I am available to speak to your church, missions group, or other organization.

 

I have in the past shown some pictures of the ocean side of the village, but I thought you might enjoy seeing more of the village where we help these children.

Here are a series of pictures that give an almost panoramic view of the hillside of the children’s home towards the national highway.

On the south side of the children’s home, the hills rise to and beyond the national highway to where what they call the mountains are located.

Beyond the national highway, the hills continue on up.

The children’s home is located west of the town of Sindangan in Zamboanga del Norte.   To get to Sindangan, you go up to the national highway and then wait for a ride.  In May, several times, I had to wait for over an hour because the buses and tricycles were all full. Then it is about a 40-minute ride to the public market.

There is an important sign posted.

You can keep up with the happenings at the children’s home in your Facebook feed by liking and following us on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/childrens.hope.90

You may also support the children’s home by going to the following link http://hopehomeandschool.com/index.php/support/

Also, if you share the Facebook postings when you find them interesting, it will help spread the word about our children.

If you would like to hear more about the children’s home, I am available to speak to your church, missions group, or other organization.

A donor from Ohio gave me funds for the children’s home to make improvements.

One of the things that has been a problem is the electric service.   There were only 2 electric receptacles, everything was run off extension cords.   It looked like the proverbial explosion in a spaghetti factory.   Even the power company hookup looked iffy to me but that was not a high concern.

Power company hookup

The wires feeding into the meter are just laying on the metal roof.

I made an appointment with an electrician and we reviewed what loads were on what circuits and the needed wiring to handle the loads.   He did a very workmanship job installing the wiring.   His fee was 600 pesos and I bought the materials.   600 pesos amounted to $12.00 for him and his helper.

  This wire feeds the overhead lightbulb

 

I am frustrated because my camera would take pictures, and everything seemed normal, but it did not save the pictures to the memory card.  I didn’t know about it until I sat down and went to review them on the computer and there was nothing there.   I found out that it was a setting on the lens that needed to be changed.   That means I have a number of before pictures but none of the after pictures.

 One of the permanently mounted receptacles.

You can keep up with the happenings at the children’s home in your Facebook feed by liking and following us on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/childrens.hope.90

You may also support the children’s home by going to the following link http://hopehomeandschool.com/index.php/support/

Also, if you share the Facebook postings when you find them interesting, it will help spread the word about our children.

If you would like to hear more about the children’s home, I am available to speak to your church, missions group, or other organization.