Staff Blog

We had some visitors here recently.  An adoptive family had returned to show their son where he came from so many years ago.  Those visitors are such a blessing!  Our childcare workers are always touched to see the children they once fed and bathed return happy and healthy and grown.  This family went above and beyond, however.  Their son decided that he wanted to celebrate his birthday with all of the kids at CSC.  He and his family arranged to have the Jollibee birthday brigade come with balloons, food (SO much food!), games and prizes!  Check out how much fun was had!

THE FEAST!!!!  There was fried chicken, spaghetti, Yum burgers, peach mango pie and Coke!

THE GAMES!

 This game was particularly hilarious to watch.  The kids started in a circle and then had to be the quickest to get into groupings of various sizes!  There was plenty of scrambling and frantic behaviors!  Other games involved singing a song, being the first to bring up a requested object (I gave my phone, a hair clip and a 1 peso coin for the cause) or saying "Jollibee," holding out the "bee" for the longest amount of time.  Let's just say some of our kids can hold a lot of air inside their little bodies!  ;) 

Eagerly awaiting the arrival of THE Jollibee!

EXCITED SMILES ABOUND!!

And he's HERE!!!!!! 

You would never know these two are archrivals---Joemar with his McDonald's hat! :)

Cool dudes!   

Clearly my camera was one of many, but you get the idea!!!  :)

Thanks to all visitors everywhere!  Your presence here is a blessing to the kids, to our workers and to the staff.

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" -1 Peter 1:3

There have many different activities at CSC over the last few days to remember and celebrate Jesus' resurrection!  He is RISEN!  Praise the Lord!

On Wednesday, we had an Easter program at school!  We sang praise songs to the Lord, watched several performances, and played some games related to Easter and Jesus' resurrection.  It ended with announcing the winner's of the coloring contest!  Here are the winners!

On Sunday, many of our kids performed in the morning church service.  Below is a picture of them up on stage.  It was hard to get a good picture because they were so far away.  Almost all of the kids in white are our kids!

After the church service, each of the houses had their own Easter egg hunt.  The kids had so much fun searching through the bushes and around the yard for the eggs!  Here are a few of my favorite pictures from that event!

Carts are a popular and useful means of transporting cargo in the Philippines. In Cebu City they are used for hauling just about anything, from fruits, vegetables and meat, to hardware, wood and household items. Some families live on their carts. Carts can be seen on streets and sidewalks - everywhere that people need to transport goods at a reasonable price. Of course, the toddler cart at CSC transports the most precious cargo!

One of the things the kids love to do is cook! Here are a few pictures (taken by the kids!) from our recent cooking adventure with the Group 3 EPP class. Thank you Auntie Puriza and Auntie Jenalyn for all your help making this yummy snack! :)

This preschooler came to school sporting a hair style just like his older brother's!  

I'm not sure what was happening with this next photo, but I found him lining up to go home for lunch wearing a swimming cap and goggles.  I still have no idea why, but it was a fun photo!

This little boy is our newest addition to CSC.  It took a while for me to get a smile out of him, but he's starting to warm up to me now!!  I love this picture!

Just a few of the darlings you can find on our playground!!

And just a really cute moment, I caught on video!  God is so good!!