Philippine Mission Oct 2022!

Notes from Mission Leader  Cheryl Robinson:

“We started out visiting our friends from Abatex. The families that live on this dump site are so appreciative of what we do. We spent our first day with the children and their families swimming, playing games, eating, having snacks, more swimming and so much fun.

The next day was our medical and dental mission. We were joined by the local Rotary club and the head of the health department. We are fortunate enough to have Dr. Meg join us as our AAI dentist in the Philippines!  She’s very generous with her time and has been helping us for several years now. This is the first time she came to Abatex and her patients were so appreciative. People were lined up outside so early. Dr. Meg worked until the last person was finished. They were able to get Covid vaccines and a lot of dental work done.

We were able to take the college students out for dinner in Manila compliments of Brian who treated all of us. It was a great evening of reconnecting with each other.

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Next, we headed to Zambales to help the children at Shepherd of the Hills. We spent four fun-filled days with the kids. Our first day we took them all to the movie theater… It was so much fun. The next day we did many activities on the beach including coastal beach cleanup, water games, swimming and so much more. The remaining days were filled with lots of games, fun, laughter, great food, and karaoke.

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I’d like to say a special thank you for the volunteers who joined me; Brian, Hugo, Karen, Janice, Mitch, Cynda and Jeanette.  We all had a fantastic time.

They say “it’s more fun in the Philippines” and I think we’ll all agree!

Thank you once again for a wonderful trip.

Dont miss Cheryl’s next mission to S, Africa as we are taking kids to the Lion/Rhino Park!  Save the dates March 15-19 Mission; March 20-22 Safari and 23-25 – Cape Town!