Back safely

So yes, we are back safely. It was really sad to leave, and we all are wishing we could go back next summer. We (the Campbells) took a week of vacation, and are now back planning our next school year. Thanks for reading the blog, we'll probably make one more post to wrap things up. The stories of the twins and man-man need to be finished, as well as some ways our lives were changed, as well as the students lives.

check back soon.

A Day in the Life of Jason

Jason, a senior with Med-school in his future, has had a great opportunity to work with Doctor Nelson at his free clinic three days a week. Unfortunately we didn't get any videos of that. But we got lots of great footage from other things he did. Jason took advantage of every adventure he could and got the most out of his time here. He also stocked the clinic that will be starting here in our own village with everything a future doctor could use!

Jason spent time playing with the neighborhood kids:


He also got in on their more interesting games, like spider fighting!


We then decided to invent our own games... with cockroaches:


On our last night here, we learned a game that evolved from a method of catching long-legged birds:


Thanks Jason!

A Day in the Life of Ashley

Ashley, a very scheduled person, has had to adapt to a culture that never runs according to schedule. She was our anchor, to make sure we accomplished our tasks and did them well. We put her in charge of running VBS the first few weeks with no preparation whatsoever (they had confused us with another group) and she came up with some great stuff! We have had many laughs about the craziness here in the Philippines! This first video is Ashley attempting one of the scariest things here:






Thanks Ashley!

A Day in the Life of Dan Kim

Dan Kim's parents live in Korea, he lives in the U.S., and he spent his summer in the Philippines. That is a cross-cultural experience! Dan spent a lot of time at a clinic run by a Filipina doctor, and she told us she really enjoyed having him there, and that he served her well. He also taught Phys. Ed. occasionally, hung out with young men in our neighborhood, and led a Bible study.



Thank you Dan!

A Day in the Life of Lauren

Lauren has been a hard worker on this trip, and has spent so much of her time with little kids. She always plays with the kids in the neighborhood as well, and every day they yell in the window "Tita Lauren! Tita Lauren" until she comes out. She was also the food coordinator, and saved a lot of money from the food budget that we were able to put towards the medical budget. The first video is Lauren helping in school:





Thanks Lauren!

A Day in the Life of Jessie

Jessie, married to Dan Andreson, has brought such energy and fun to this trip that wouldn't be there without her. She has spent so much time with the children, just giving lots of attention and delighting in all their little accomplishments.



Jessie, we love you!

A Day in the Life of Dan Andreson

Dan has just graduated from Tufts University and him and Jessie got married just about 3 weeks before we all left for the Philippines! They have been anchors for this trip in their maturity and dependability. Their commitment and sacrificial giving is such a picture to us of what they will give to each other in marriage.



Thanks so much for coming with us!