Staff Blog
Every year CSC children, 10-year-old and above, look forward
to summer activities. Summer activities schedule is in the month of May. This
year before January was over, the children approached me with a list of
activities they want to be in. I tell them to wait in February. I will have the
list of names of the kids who will be in the summer activities. In the list
they could also put down 3 activities they preferred by numbering them 1 to 3. Kids were so excited. They continued to ask
what activities were available to them. “Is there basketball?” Is there
baseball?” “What about music?” “Will we have the same teacher for music as last
year?” “Is swimming every day?” “Is it okay to have two activities to enroll
in?” Even the 9-year-olds and below were curious to know when summer activities
would be. The questions were usually “Is May after graduation?” “Is it far
away?” “When will it start?”
After the lists were out to the homes, the next questions
asked were “Who is in basketball or soccer or music or etc.?” Another one was
“May I change my activity?” “I like that activity, why is it not in the list?”
“I would like to be with so-and-so, may I transfer to that one?” When
confusion, agreements and activities were in place, thirty-six children were enrolled
in various activities this year. There are 3 in soccer, 8 in basketball, 1 in
table tennis, 7 in cooking, 9 in music, 1 in badminton, and 7 in swimming.
The other day, I was the watcher for basketball. Early in
the morning while I was up putting my bags at the child care office, one of the
girls asked if we could leave earlier than the time we were to leave. When
asked why, she said they did not want to be late. Their coach made them do push-ups
according to how many minutes they were late. So we did and we made it!
It was the first time I was watcher for basketball this
year. I was pleasantly surprised at what happened before lessons were started.
The head coach told the kids who were there to sit down, bow their heads and he
prayed for them and for the morning ahead.
After praying, he proceeded to talk
to the kids about discipline, practice and preparing for things in the future.
He told them Noah did not start building the ark when it started to rain. Noah
was ready with the ark and he was safe, together with his family, when the
rains came. He finished his talk and encouragement to the kids by telling them
to always practice what they learned, to be prepared, to do everything they
could to come early to basketball lessons. When they do that, the lessons they
learned will help them face difficulties, or trials that would come to them later
on. He reminded them not to forget God will always be there to help them if
they ask.
Cooks Return to the Kitchen
Over the past three months, the afternoon cooks in both Cherne and Duterte homes have been recovering from surgery. Auntie Mayflor and Auntie Sonia each had an operation which required lots of rest and recovery. In their absence, other child care workers jumped in to cover the afternoon cook duties. Of course no meals were missed and tasty food was always on the tables.
Last week Auntie Sonia returned to work!
This week Auntie Mayflor also returned to work! It is good to have them back in their respective kitchens.
As Auntie Mayflor enter the shelter gate the children from the Cherne home were walking up to school. When they saw Auntie Mayflor, the line they were walking in suddenly morphed into a mob. The children ran shouting “Auntie Mayflor!” racing to hug her.
The aunties’ impact in the lives was on full display in the moment of Auntie Mayflor’s welcome back from the children.
Keep the all CSC employees in your prayers. They do everything for the children and their good health is essential.
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Confessions of a Messy Eater
I like to eat.
I nibble on my feet.
I pray before I eat.
I don’t know how to feed myself yet,
So I depend on my auntie’s hand.
I open my mouth wide
And welcome my tasty food.
Blended, pureed, squashed,
Smashed and crushed.
The way I like it.
The way I want it.
I don’t usually look like this,
I know.
There’s something on my face.
I know food goes to my mouth,
Not on my cheeks or forehead or ears.
What’s the use of a bib
If I eat like this?
At the end of my meal time,
Burp says this tummy of mine.
Aah…
What a treat!
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Volcanoes, Mountains, and Valleys
For the past few weeks, the preschool class has been learning about landforms. They now know how to identify mountains, valleys, hills, volcanoes, isthmuses, and islands.
They even sang a song during their morning meeting about landforms!
They topped off the unit by making their own models using play dough. Fun stuff!
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He is risen, He is risen indeed!
It is Holy Week. This week is a meaningful time for Christians everywhere. In the Philippines, most stores and restaurants are closed on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and schools are not in session on those days either. Therefore, our school, Cebu Children of Hope, held it's Easter celebration on Wednesday. The event started with a reading of Scripture - recounting the events of Jesus' last days on Earth. Then there were games, crafts and praise and worship.
I was moved during the praise and worship, and as you can see below, I was not the only one! How blessed are we to be children of the Most High God! That He, being without blemish, laid His life down for ours when we needed it most, but were also the most undeserving.
May you and your families be blessed this Easter and remember God's goodness and Jesus' sacrifice.
Praise the Lord! He is risen! He is risen indeed!
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Have Fun with Math and Science!
Science and Math Day is always fun for everyone at CCHS. It is a whole day affair full of interesting activities.
Recently, everyone had a lot of fun during the science and math culminating activity. In the morning, there was a math quiz bowl with the students grouped into teams. The students took turns answering math questions categorized by levels of difficulty: easy, average, and difficult. It was so cool to see the students think and analyze.
The afternoon events focused on topics the students had been learning about in their science classes. Different presentations were given by each of the science classes. The highlight was the demonstration from the Group 4 class about static electricity. Examples of static electricity were shown using balloons. The students were amazed with what they saw and discovered. It was super fun for everyone!
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