We broke up into five groups of four people each to go join 5 different OM ministries among the children in the squatter's slum. There were children in each location ranging from a dozen to over 60 kids, mostly young elementary school age although one group were pre-teen to teens. They were led by OM volunteers, some who grew up in the slums and transformed by Jesus to return as teachers and leaders. We helped out as we could, some sang even though there may not have been 4 parts, but we mostly played with the children. In a small way, seeing some of the OM volunteers gave us hope for the future of these children which had pricked our conscience earlier in the day during the prayer walk. After returning to the church, we debriefed our experiences, ate dinner and returned to our hotel, tired even though we really only did a half day's ministry.
Sunday, July 13
Most of us went to bed early, before 9 PM, and everyone seemed to be in good health and spirits this morning. After breakfast, we walked to TLCC and shared our thoughts from the daily devotions until service started at 9:30. We sang two songs after the message on being grateful to God, When the Saints, followed by Hannah's testimony, and I Have Decided to Follow Jesus. A few of us. Stayed for the prayer meeting that followed while the rest of the group fellowshipped with their members. We then stayed for a delicious lunch hosted by the Deacons and Elders, since they had a board meeting at 1 PM. We walked back to our hotel to rest, taking a lot of left overs with us to supplement our meals.
We walked back to TLCC to leave at 3 to go to TacAn, a location up on the mountains where there is a settlement of refugees from last year's typhoon. Three young people, William, Jam, and Victoria from TLCC along with four OM volunteers led us there (we met them yesterday too). We were met by an OM couple who has been doing good work in this village of at least 50 young children, dozens of older elementary, high school, and families in a thriving wilderness community. We sang in front of the school house acapella for about 20 minutes, Andrew and Hannah did the heart skit, and then spent the next one and a half hours playing with the children, walking around the village, and being amazed at how God has touched this community. We returned at six to our hotel to shower and clean up to enjoy a fine dinner at our hotel hosted by Jessilyn Uy, Katie's parents' friend. Unfortunately, Jessilyn was ill but Katie's aunt and her husband joined us. The highlight of the meal was a lechon, along with other dishes. We then debriefed our day and ended with several kids praying for one another.
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