Day 5

Dear Parents/Friends and supporters,

We woke up this Morning and gathered around for breakfast at 7:30am and found out that there was going to be a change of plans, due to a Typhoon hitting the south of the Philippines.  Our original plans, helping the IRC community were cancelled because the entry into the community was waste deep in mud from the heavy rainfall. We had no choice but to improvise the day by visiting high schools and entertaining them with our Christian stories and Aussie Culture.

We danced, sung and acted Christian parables to them. Then we stopped at a local restaurant and had Pork Ribs/Chicken on a Stick and then we went to a local super market and Mr Beacham treated us to an ice cream or chocolate.  We then came back to our accommodation and had a rest until 3pm.

Then we got back on the bus and drove to another high school called Sagay national high school where we entertained the students  and experienced a tour of their school.   This was a real eye opener to most of us of how lucky we are in Australia with the resources we have.  

The boys played Basketball against the local boys and Steven was the best player. (The last part was written by Steven)  The boys won by two points 22/ 24 J and the girls played volley ball and they struggled against the locals for they were more experienced and skilled. 

 After the games were finished we went out to dinner to find ourselves eating chicken on a stick, local spring rolls and a noodle dish called Pancit.  We then went to the local supermarket and were given a challenge of buying the weirdest food we could find to eat as our evening snack.  There was some really weird stuff but the weirdest was probably Dave Scott who had canned meat with the main ingredient listed as cattle.

after that we came back to  the hotel and changed into our swimming clothes and went out to our to a pool and played a game of water polo teachers vs students.   The students won as usual haha and then completed our journals had a de-brief and then we went to bed.  Hopefully it stops raining so we can got out into the community tomorrow.

Steven, Ebony and April