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October 28 Thank YouI spent this past weekend back home in Kulm. I grew up in Kulm and lived there all of my life until going off to college. I have come to know and love a lot of people there.
I had the opportunity this last weekend to share about CSC at my home church, Kulm Baptist. What a blessing it was to be back home with everyone and to see so many dear people who impacted my life as a child. Kulm Baptist Church will always have a special place in my heart, as that is where I came to know Christ and where I first heard about CSC. What a difference those two things have made in my life. WOW!
Thank you for sharing the message of God's love and forgiveness with me. Thank you also for supporting CSC for so many years so that I would have the opportunity to hear about God's ministry in Cebu and eventually become a part of it. My life has been forever changed by these two events, and I am so thankful for all of you dear people who have been a part of it. October 02 FamilyWe believe at CSC that every child deserves a family. Our staff works with each child who comes to CSC to help prepare him/her for a family. For some, CSC will be their family while others will be joining adoptive families around the world. I am currently back in the States this year spending time with my family, sharing about CSC, and connecting with former CSC kids and their adoptive families. I have been reminded numerous times in the past months about what a blessing it is to be able to spend time with and be part of a family. I have enjoyed spending time with my mom and siblings, seeing my nieces and nephews, and being around for holidays and special occasions. I have also had the opportunity to have lunch with former CSC kids and their families, be invited to birthday parties, and attend sporting events and many other activities. What a blast it has been to see the kids and to spend time with them and their adoptive families. Every child deserves a family and at CSC we will continue to help make that possible for as many children as we can. August 03 A Dream Come TrueThe kids at CSC love to go to school. The preschoolers are especially excited when it is finally their turn to be able to start. Jashly was no exception to this rule. She has been asking for about the last 8 months if she could go to school. She has watched her eight other siblings leave for school the last few years and come home each day with exciting reports. Even though I was not there this year to watch Jashly and her eight other preschool friends on the first day of school, I can imagine the joy and excitement in each one of the kids! I know that one of 3 year old Jashly's dreams has come true!! July 02 Back in the StatesI am back in the States for a year and would love to share with you about CSC! If you are interested in having me come to your church, sunday school, VBS, small group, Awana program, or special event I would be happy to share with you about what God is doing at CSC. Please feel free to contact our office in Minnesota or me directly. I look forward to seeing many of you in the upcoming months. If you would like to learn more about what is currently happening at CSC check out our website at www.cscshelter.org. June 06 Summer Fun! Well the kids summer sports activities have ended along with summer school, but the summer fun continues. This week the kids went out to eat with staff, shopping, running errands, biking, and spent hours on the basketball court, rollerblades, bikes, volleyball court and just hanging out with each other. They are looking forward to some upcoming sleep overs, movie nights and more basketball. Children of Hope School kids start school on June 29, but the high school and college students will be starting this coming week and next. Please pray for Analiza, John Ray and Jeneviev as they start their first year of high school this week. Here are some photos of the kids who participated in badminton, art, basketball, swimming, and guitar. May 12 Summer Activities Summer vacation is here and the kids are off to a good start! They are enjoying taking part in art, swimming, badminton, basketball, guitar and cooking class. This week summer school started and the eight and nine year olds are attending VBS. I love summer at CSC! It's great to take the kids to their different activities and to spend time with them outside of the school day.
I will continue to write about the different summer activities in the next month. I would like to start this week by sharing about the cooking class. Joevanie, Cyril, Melrod, Ardian, Gibbie, Adelyn, Charydyn and Sheila Mae are enjoying learning to cook this summer. Last week they made Filipino food and today they made chocolate cupcakes and frosting from scratch! They are most looking forward to making homemade pizza the end of the month. Here are a few pictures of their first few days of class.
April 19 Fieldtrip Kick Off!Fieldtrip excitement is in the air at CSC right now! Check out our website to read all about it. On Friday in our morning meeting we did skits and presentations with the kids to continue to tell them about what would be happening on all of the fieldtrips to Bohol, Manila and Camping. Tonight we are having a kick off supper and prayer time before the week of fieldtrips begin. The first group leaves for Bohol early Monday morning. Check out my blog at the end of the week for pictures of the preschoolers camping! We are all looking forward to a great week of learning outside of the classroom! March 31 Wilmar's Contagious Joy!Last night I arrived at the Eicher house after a long day. I must admit I was tired and ready for the day to end. I wasn't through the door for more than a minute and Wilmar came running up to me yelling out my name with his arms extended towards me. I picked him up and he immediately started singing I've got joy down in my heart. Deep deep down in my heart. J-O-Y down in my heart. Deep deep down in my heart.Jesus gave it to me and no one can destroy it. DESTROY DESTROY OOOOOP! I've got joy down in my heart deep deep down in my heart. I stood there holding Wilmar and listening to him sing this same song four or five times though with a huge smile and joy in his heart. I was soon singing along and didn't seeem so tired anymore. I was just one of the people Wilmar encouraged yesterday as he brings joy to many people numerous times thoughout his day! March 22 Rummage Sale The CSC kids have been working hard all week collecting things for a rummage sale fundraiser for their fieldtrips in April. After a week of collecting old clothes, toys, shoes, furniture and misc. items we hauled everything up to the school yesterday for the big event. Everyone was thrilled to be involved! We had a sorting team, pricing team, setup team, snack team, cashier team, and bundling wood team. Everyone did a great job! The snack team made and sold mango ice candy, ice tea and ice water. Doors opened at 9 am and a rush of people came through the gate. Rummage sales are a big deal here and nothing seems to last very long! By 10:30 all of the items were gone. Many people were seen walking down our road with their precious finds. Including two men on a motorcyle with a big wooden crib tied to the passengers back. February 24 Enjoying a couple days of vacation! Yesterday and today the kids had a couple of holidays. They always enjoy a break from school but are excited to return as well. Days off from school mean free time and being able to play, read, hangout with friends, go on outings and just having some time to do what you like. Here are a few pictures of the kids enjoying their time on the playground. January 19 Back to School!The kids had a wonderful Christmas break and are now happy to be back in school. It's great to teach students who love going to school. Of course there are a few exceptions on some days, but overall the CSC kids love school! Here are just a few photos to share as we are back in the routine again! December 29 Christmas Joy!It has been a great week! Teacher Tammy did a nice job of filling everyone in on the activities of this last week. Check out her blog to see all the Christmas happenings at CSC. There have been lots of fun times this last week. Whether it be from kids celebrating their first Christmas at CSC, learning about the birth of Jesus, getting green frosting all over your face, giving to Junel's box, decorating christmas cookies, staying up late and having fun together, we have had a wonderful week at CSC! Thanks to everyone who helps bring joy to each of us here in Cebu! December 11 Morning Meeting Praise!The CSC kids have a Praise and Worship Band led by Teacher Francis. The school is often filled with kids singing praise songs as they are practicing for an evening of praise and worship. Recently the preschoolers got to join the band as they led morning meeting. They were excited to Sing "My God is Mighty to Save" and a few other favorite worship songs. Here are some fun pictures of the band. November 21 Happy Birthday Rhoella!Yesterday Rhoella celebrated her first birthday at CSC. She has been talking about her birthday coming soon since her first day of preschool in June. We were all excited to finally share this special day with her. Rhoella is a joy. You can't help but smile when you are with her. Her spunky, upbeat personality brightens many of my days. Rhoella encourages me to live life passionately and to enjoy the simple things in life. Here are a few fun pictures of Rhoella having the birthday song sung to her, getting ready to blow out the candle, and successfully getting the job done! November 06 PreschoolThe preschoolers have been learning about flowers and plants the past few weeks. They have enjoyed planting mongo seeds and taking care of them each day. We are now learning about the sun! Here are some pictures of the past few weeks! September 23 Toddlers Visit Preschool!Today the toddlers were out on a walk and happened to stop by the school. The preschoolers were on snack break and excited to see all the little ones. I invited them to join us in preschool for a little bit. The ten toddlers were thrilled to enter the preschool room. Some were schocked and just looked around at first while others smiled and ran. The room was quite full to say the least. They enjoyed playing with toys, reading books and trying to glue like the preschoolers. We also watched the preschoolers morning meeting program from friday. Oh and of course it was mid morning so they had to have a morning snack. A great time was had by all and a few tears as Crystal and Lavinia did not want to go home! August 09 JoemarJoemar celebrated his 32nd birthday yesterday! Joemar is always happy but he is especially thrilled when his birthday is approaching. For those of you who have had the privilege of meeting Joemar just thinking about him probably brings a smile or joy to your heart. Joemar brings joy to everyone! Whether it be his fellow co-workers at McDonalds, visitors, staff, kids Joemar has a love for life that can encourage anyone. He just has a way of making you smile. We look forward to celebrating many more birthdays with Joemar in the years to come. July 11 Preschol Morning Meeting!This morning was the first morning meeting of this year. Twice a month all of the students gather together for 30 minutes of activities. The kids and teachers take turns being in charge. This morning was the preschoolers turn. We have been learning about animals so we sang a variety of songs about animals. Then the preschoolers acted out a book entitled "Going on a Bear Hunt". The kids were all shocked as Teacher Laarne came out from her cave chasing them in a bear costume. I wasn't expecting some of the kids to be quite a scared as they were. Sweet Teacher Laarne gave a mighty Roar!
We are starting a Read-a-Thon this quarter and we included the kickoff in our morning meeting! The teachers each introduced how many books their kids should try to read this quarter through cheers and songs. The students are excited to read because if they reach their goal they get to throw Uncle Paul in the swimming pool and Uncle Joel has to ride a Caribou. We will keep you posted as to how they are doing. The kids are excited to say the least.
We ended our morning meeting wishes all the kids with June and July birthdays a Happy Birthday! Enjoy some pictures of this morning at Children of Hope School. June 23 1st Day of School!The first day of preschool ended about 20 minutes ago. Angillo, Jayson, June, Rhoella, Angelica, Bart, GeAn, and Clyd filled the room with laughter and energetic play. The kids were thrilled to be back in school. This week the preschoolers are learning about their name. Bart, Rhoella and Angelica are new to preschool this year. They were excited to use a scissors and were talking about their new experiences all morning. The first day of school is always such a wonderful day of the year. For some it is their first time to ever be in school. Thank you to everyone who is part of the Children of Hope School team around the world. We are thankful for each of you who pray for us, send school supplies, give of your time and services to visit us here, and share your expertise through email. Thank you! Enjoy some pictures of our first day! June 16 School starts soon!Children of Hope school classes begin one week from today! Check back next Monday for pictures and stories about the first day in Preschool!
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