Monthly Archives: January 2009

Update from Hong Kong….

We got to spend a few hours this evening in Hong Kong. Some of us went wandering the streets and ran into this amazing skyline of Hong Kong Island! What a great city!  We leave tomorrow early for the airport to head back to JFK.  More updates to wrap up the Philippines trip in the...

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Philippines update…

It’s Saturday morning and we are all packed and ready to head back. Words can’t describe what each of us has experienced these past two weeks, but we will all try in coming posts. We will wrap this trip up within the next couple days as we head to hong kong then to NY. For...

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Students Speak…Jerrel Burney…

Joyful Fellowship Friday Night Youth Service It’s been a while since I saw Sister Mary Clarence (Whoopi Goldberg) put on a Class ACT amognst all the sisters.  But humorously enough, in youth group half way across the world the film ‘Sister Act’ was shown at the friday night service and was later discussed in small groups....

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Students Speak…Tou Thao…

The House of Hope is a drug rehabilitation center and a non-profit organization that offers a program carefully designed in directing the change of “residents” within. It aims to give ex-addicts an inner desire and strength needed for transformation towards a new and better life. House of Hope offers their services to ex-addicts for free....

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Students Speak…Diana Marino…

Balay Pasilungan is a temporary shelter for boys in need of special protection. Established in 1997, this is a project of FREE LAVA: Free Legal Assistance Volunteers Association. This shelter is for boys ages 13-18. Overall I am very joyful to have had the opportunity to set foot on this home and to have gotten the...

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