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 …
Carbon Footprint :-)
we came up behind a form of public transportation known in the Philippines as a tricycle. Of course it is doubtful anyone on this joy ride was thinking about their CARBON FOOTPRINT. Looks like fun, doesn’t it?
God Bless This Home
You have to love these two photos. Do you remember the old song, “No Matter How Humble, There Is No Place Like Home”? These photos really hit the mark. A family of six live in this simple structure. Not only has this woman placed the beautiful sign on her tent home that she and her family are forced to live …
Day After Christmas
While most everyone was looking to take a holiday break the day after Christmas, nine selfless volunteers from Faith Academy ( a Christian international school located in Manila) decided to come down to Bohol to help out some of the earthquake victims. One of IDEA’s dorm mom’s home was totally destroyed during the earthquake on October 15 so the Faith …
Meeting Needs In Leyte
As you can imagine, after the homes of our teachers and deaf student’s families were destroyed by Typhoon Hiayan, their Christmas Wish List is now very specific. Because of the continued generosity of donors, IDEA is happy to be able to help meet the needs of these families so they can move back into homes and out from under tarps …
Christmas at BDA
The kids up at our Bohol Deaf Academy had a great time yesterday during their Christmas party. The earthquake did not dampen their spirits and only managed to increase their need to celebrate the season. All their presentations pointed to giving thanks to God for sending his Son and remembering His goodness in sparing them during this recent calamity. —— …
Don’t Forget Christmas!!!
So here is just one of the ways IDEA has responded to the earthquake and typhoon on Bohol. Here are some shots of our IDEA Philippines staff Christmas Party. Not only did we have the families of our teachers, dorm parents, office workers, and construction workers, but also all of our EIGP (employment/income generating project) employees and their families. About …
“New” Roofs for Leyte School
Our first repair team just returned from the city of Ormoc in Leyte. It was hit with the same wind intensity as Tocloban City minus the storm surge and is the location for one of IDEA’s deaf schools. The team spent a week there putting roofs back on our dormitory and classrooms. Below is a photo album that will give …
Helping People – Not as Easy As It Looks!
Living under tarps Days turn into weeks and weeks into months and families are still living under tarps trying to make life work. Living out in the elements, cooking outside, no electricity, no running water no bathroom facilities huddled together with extended family members they are finding ways to make life work in the midst of their new reality. …
Classroom Tent
The Department of Education engineers have declared the concrete classrooms formerly occupied by our deaf children to be unsafe to occupy in Loon. There was little choice but to set up an IDEA provided classroom tent. Luck for us, we had a large two pole, circus type tent that worked out perfectly. The kids and teachers should be comfortable there …