Happily, “The Show Must Go On”

The school year in the Philippines is coming to an end and soon the students head home for a short summer vacation.  It has been a very rough year with the earthquake and typhoon but spirits are high and the kids and IDEA staff are bouncing back.  To prove this fact, our Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA) just put on a …

Team Work – School Repairs

On October 15 when the 7.2 earthquake hit the island of Bohol IDEA’s classrooms in Loon and Sagbayan took a beating.  Walls and ceilings cracked, columns that held the walls cracked and made each of these rooms unsafe to occupy.  Since that time our students have been meeting in tent classrooms. Up until now our focus has been on getting …

Great Gathering In Montana

On March 7th, around 400 friends of IDEA gathered at the Billings Hotel in Billings, Montana for an evening of renewing old relationships and showing their support for the ministry of IDEA. Around 100 people in attendance had actually been to the islands of Bohol and Leyte as volunteers for IDEA over the years. Along with some wonderful food, many …