Palawan Youth Build

I organized this youth build with the help of my friend, Davy Faminiano. I dubbed it: Palawan 2004 Adventist Youth Build. It was a house-building trip coordinated with the Habitat for Humanity Palawan office. We spent one entire week at Barangay Bahile, Puerto Princesa, Palawan constructing houses for the residents there.

Since it was Holy Week, there was no construction on Thursday and Friday. Thus, we spent Thursday swimming at a secluded island and then the following Friday morning at the Underground River.

I miss outreach mission trips such as this. I also miss organizing them. This trip was all the way back in April 2004, before I started my MBA studies. 

There are many miracles to be told in connection with this trip. But I’ll save them for another post.

Here are some shots from our mission trip:

On board the Super Ferry

Spending Sabbath on board; having our own worship service at the deck

 Their welcome poster for us

First things first — orientation

"Officially" signing up

One of our daily morning worships –  before breakfast and before working all day long in the blistering, hot sun, we’d gather around and worship the Lord

Breakfast is served!

Doing what we came there for — work, work, and more work: 

Having our nightly socials with the residents

Our well-deserved R & R at the end of the week (Thursday and Friday):

Worshipping in the dark; spent the night at an unfamiliar place (one of students with us lives here I think) before heading off to the Underground River the following morning

Our last souvenir shot at Bahile right before we left

 When you’re hungry, plates, spoons, and forks won’t matter

The jeep that took us from Bahile to the pier

The rest are at my Multiply page. Click THIS to view the rest of our pictures.