Today we were at Phase 4 Caloocan (Living Testimony) - Pastor Bong and Eileen Sison's church. The kids were just awesome and they presented songs and played games. It was so nice seeing the parents very much involved with their kids. 
They have this one game where they have to make the longest line using whatever they have on their body. There were 2 boys and 1 girl on this team but the girl had a fever so she didn't participate at all but the 2 boys were so creative that they started to untie their shoelaces, take off their shirt, undershirt, handkerchief, socks, and shoes. Even with only the 2 boys playing they still came up to be the winner.
The Bags of Joy and everybody's happy! :)
The neighborhood around the church was much nicer than any others so far . The roads were paved and wide enough for a car. The barangay (neighborhood) officials seemed to be doing a lot of the community. The have a nice health center right next to the church. The market (or palengke) is big and clean. Over all the neighborhood had a bigger houses with fences, gates and made out of concrete instead of tin or cardboard houses as we've seen before. This church started in 2003 (I think), they were just renting a room and then in 2006 they were able to purchase their own building. His vision is by 2010 to have a 2nd floor.
Next we went to Phase 7C - Pastor Elmer and Marie Vargas welcomed us to their church. This church is only 1 year old and we were the first Bags of Joy team to visit which made it extra special for the parents and us. The kids performed some songs and dances. The nanay's (moms) also performed a Christmas song for us. It was so nice to see the parents had prepared something special too.
There was this one little girl that stood out in the class to me. She so was so cute and petite. I was told by the teacher that she was a premature baby. She is actually 5 years old but when I asked her how old she was, she told me 6! :)It was so hot in this classroom! We were all sweating so much...even the kids. But the party still went on and we gave the Bags of Joy.
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