Christmas Outreach

San Gabriel is one of the barangays in the hinterlands of Maydolong. We choose this village for our outreach because it is one of the needy communities in this municipality. Together with the students of ESSU, and through Meli who was teaching in the elementary schoool there, we visited the barangay on Dec. 6. We hired 2 open top tricycle. This type of transport is used in going to the uplands. Thank God it was not raining, neither was it too hot!

We gathered the children inside the barangay hall. Wow, it was so crowded! It was good that it rained the previous day... so the place was a little bit wet and cooler.

The students lead the children in singing some action songs and learning Christmas songs. They were very attentive as they listened to the Christmas story. They joyfully made Christmas cards. Then rushed to line up for the hand-me-downs that they would give to either their father, mother, brother or sister. Finally, with the support of friends and donors we were able to give some papers, notebooks, pencils, and snack items (juice, bread, hotdogs & candies). Thanks to the many friends who supported this activity.

It was raining heavily on Friday afternoon but on Saturday morning it was very bright and sunny. The rain poured down again when we were already back to Maydolong & the students were already going back to their respective homes and boarding houses. Thank God for controlling the weather! Indeed, He wanted us to go there and reach out to the children of San Gabriel with His message of love and salvation on Christmas day...