Amazing Boracay

      

Hi!

      I just thought I would tell you about the amazing place we are in right now. We are so blessed to have this experience. I see God everyday through the people we work with and through the people at the Jungle Barn (missions hostel).Even the people who have almost nothing are putting everything they have into making the school better and helping the children learn. I can see the children are so eager to learn. They want an education because they know what a privilege it is to have one. They realise, because they barely have anything, that they are luckier than many other kids on the island. 

      It's like we are in a different world. So many new foods, (like these delicious butter coconut crackers that Mom is obsessed with!), smells, and places. We are so lucky to be from a place like Canada where you don't have to worry about getting purified water or washing your dishes in bleach.

          The school has many different kids. They're so cute. The other day Tesha taught a child who is in grade 2 how to use a laptop.The mother was so happy because she would otherwise not have access to a computer, even though it is taught in school, and knowing how to use a computer can get her a job when she is older. It's amazing to think we live in a place where almost everyone has 1 or more laptops and then you travel 28 hours across the world and lot's of people haven't even used one.We hope to start a computer and learning games time where we pull kids out of class so we can help them with english in that way! :-)

           To get around the island, we use something called a trike. It is a cart with seats attached to a motercycle.(to the right)

            A couple things about wildlife coming from me. Dogs and geckos. I'll start with dogs. There are a million wild dogs running around the island. It is normal to pass by many different looking dogs just on your way to the grocery store! :-) 

           We have 2 dogs who are always by our house. One has a name because our neighbour's care-taker is trying to train it.He named it Blackie. It is not because it is fully black, but because it has a black spot on his eye.

           Then there is the bigger dog who we call Doug. We call him that because he acts just like that dog in "Up". He uses our porch to sleep on. He also uses it for protection from beaters and mean, bigger dogs. It is soooooooooo cute. :-D

            Geckos crawling everywhere! We have every night, at least 2 full grown geckos and 1 baby gecko. I once even picked one up! Tesha ran down stairs. We asked what happened. She said there was a gecko in our our bathroom and she said that she wanted it out but before wanted a picture. Long story short, I tried (while Tesh was trying to get the perfect pic) various different ways to catch it and just decided to pick it up by it's sides. Quick picture, then put it outside.

           Boracay is amazing and we are thrilled to be here. Keep looking for more posts as we continue our adventure in Boracay!

Love from Kylee. :-)