Philippines: Some Random Thoughts for Today
- What a privilege it
is to listen to our national anthem sung while on the opposite side of the
world.
- Good to see a label with a famous hockey name that is not Dryden.
- Our
Overseas Partner in Honduras, the Rotary Club of Tecugicalpa donated a bedkit
in today’s distribution.
- Lunch at Jollibee, the Philippines equivalent to
McDonald’s with each cash register having a dozen patrons in line.
- The sun, with temperatures hovering on
either side of 40 may be getting to the team as Team Leader Alan is losing
control
- At the end of the day of 750 bedkits, the
team broke out in songs from Oklahoma, perhaps an indication of their joy at
being in rural settings for the day.
- Our octogenarian Enid has
people telling her that she is cute, kids kissing her and volunteers giving
directions to go to Grandma.
- Patti and Sharon appear to be
competing to see which one can hug the most children.
- Rick who appears to be a foot
taller than the rest of the team was playing basketball with the kids but was
not playing fairly as he had a child on his shoulders which made for easy
baskets.
- Chris snapping photos of
everything that moves, come to think of it everything that doesn’t move – he
must have a patient wife
No doubt that their
pleasure and the relaxed atmosphere results from the computerized numbering
system introduced by Maurice and the hard work and organization
of our overseas partners. Most of you who have been to the Philippines will
remember – Dr Ito, Alice, Jess, Toto, Beth, Lydia, & Melvin Mendoza while a
new young group led by Millette, Eggy, Jeric, Louie, Rochelle & April are
being groomed for increased responsibilities.
