The Call of God

The Dunningtons Inspiring Story Did you ever wonder when Jesus called the disciples to drop what they were doing and come follow Him what happened to all their stuff? Did they just leave their nets, boats, bait and every other thing they owned and walk away from it? It is a courageous few who are willing to heed the call of God and give up everything to follow that call. John and Veronica …

IDEA’s Littlest Students

This summer our teachers once again searched the hills on the Island of Bohol and identified 106 new deaf children. We held four orientation camps of which 57 of those children attended. To date we have 50 new students with 32 of them only 5 years old. This is the first year we’ve had so many this young, much to our delight. The earlier we find them, the …

Rescued From Poverty

When IDEA teachers and staff scout the island for deaf children, it’s not unusual for them to find kids living in very impoverished and remote areas. This year, Ethel Sacro’s situation was particularly heart wrenching. Many of our students live in some sort of dilapidated shack but Ethel’s family had only a damaged jeepney for shelter. They’d been living there for approximately 8 years. Her parents separated when she was 1 year …

The Fight Against Silence

The rain is thundering down on the metal roof with a never ending throng of noise, and the air conditioner whirs away in the background making it next to impossible for the loud clanging of the alarm clock to seep into my consciousness. Once again I am late for an appointment because I didn’t hear my alarm going off. Being …

Loon’s New Dorm

Excitement is in the air! IDEA’s students living in Loon have had quite a few challenges over the last few years. They have been through the trauma of an earthquake, attended school in a tent for a year because their classrooms were unstable, had their tent classroom blown down by a helicopter and lived with cracks in the walls of …