Kelli was cut short on her last blog post about our vocational visits. Yes, we visited a few hospitals and often we’ve been able to do our vocational studies together which has been incredible.
Kelli and I (Sonja) were able to tour a local tv station in GenSan and do an interview of what we are doing here and what we think. As Kelli is in media, she found it very interesting.
We also got the chance to talk to Bing, a serial entrepreneur in transport and fiber optics. His insight into how business is conducted is remarkable. I felt like I was hanging on his every word. From dealing with corruption, to not using equipment so that they can employ more people are very different issues than what we deal with.
We were also up at 5am the other morning doing a Filipino excercize class outdoors with about 100 others. It was amazing, and fFaydra as a community fitness instructer and YMCA director was in her element.
We’ve also visited many many schools to see the amazing rotartian projects. I really can’t wait to come back and show the rotarty clubs in BC first hand of what their support means to this country. It is much needed, and appreciated more than you can imagine. It’s a very good thing!
The team is doing well, and other than a cold (Bevan) we have yet to eperience any dire ilneesses. We’ve also met up with the outbound GSE team from here who will be coming to BC – they are awesome, and I can only hope we can come close to treating them the way they’ve treated us. And we’ve ,et with the UK GSE team too and had a great time with them.
The reality of this place is setting in, and there is so much sadness, but the spirits of the Filipino people really are second to none. They posess so much beauty and we can’t wait to share it with you.
Time to sign off before the power crashes – fairly common in a drought. Will post soon!
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