School Shots

The school entrance.

Peering through the window.

Test answer sheet.

 

Grade 4 students saying good-bye.

View from second floor hallway.

Making a Christmas star.

 

Recess.

Wow, Is This the Same Place?

In 2008 Della was asked to come bless the Narra Public School. This was something that a priest would ordinarily do. But, the priest wanted money, so Pastor Francis suggested to the school that he knew someone who would come and bless the school without requiring to be paid. He brought Della to the school and she BLESSED it in the name of JESUS.

 

The School as we saw it in when we visited with Della three years later in November 2011.

A second-floor hallway…November 2011.

The School as it appeared in 2008.

 

The School’s vision and mission as stated in English in a booklet about the renovation of the school.

The change involved many parental volunteer hours. The school also received a school improvement grant from the government.

The staff at Narra Public school posing with Della, Dave and myself.

Ontario Vegetables Come to Narra Public School

While we were in Palawan, the Narra Public School was in the middle of a two-week daily feeding using the dried vegetable mixture from Ontario Christian Cleaners. They did this because they saw that parasites were leaving the bodies of some children who had been eating the vegetables. This two-week trial feeding is somewhat of an experiment.

 

Here Della meets the grade 4 teacher.

The teacher spoons up a delicious-smelling soup. It reminded me of soup my mother used to make.

There was actually a contest to discover the best recipe for the dried vegetables.

Some of the older students with their empty dishes after the feeding.

Let’s Have that Eye Fixed

This little fellow scrapped his eye rather badly. Apparently he has been walking around like this for at least four months, maybe longer. Della has arranged for him to go with his mother and Vicky to see a surgeon in Manila.

The Old Cockpet—Feeding Body and Soul

Thata begins with a prayer.

Ann arrives with the doughnuts.

I’m telling the story about how Jesus forgives and heals the sick man whose friends let him down through the roof bed and all.

Here I’m showing the children the story in Patti Loranger’s book of Gospel cartoons.

Ann teaches the children a song.

The jars and spoons are ready.

Marwin serves up a soup made from the dried vegetables donated by the Ontario Christian Gleaners.

Yummm.

Soup, doughnuts and a movie.

Watching a cartoon movie about Elisha.

Time for some juice.

The Old Cockpet—so many beautiful faces

 

Roaming Around Narra

The market.

The coloured eggs are the boiled ones.

Fish

 

Yum!

   

Vicky made sure we didn’t pay too much for anything.

Thata’s flower shop.

Internet Cafe. Time to send messages back home.

A little jog out to one of Della’s favourite restaurant.

Lunch on a banana leaf.