Friday, April 07, 2006

50 years of Faith!

Faith Academy
located just outside Metro Manila

This year Faith Academy celebrates 50 years of educating the children of missionaries. This boarding school has played an important part in the spread of the gospel not just in the Philippines, but Southeast Asia as parents are able to provide a quality education for their kids. Today marked a special day in the life of the school that has become an important place in the life of our kids (who are day students). After many years of prayer, the school broke ground today on a new Auditorium/classroom complex. Until recently this event loomed far on the horizon, but thanks to a donation from a Korean Church in California, it is now becoming a reality. It will hopefully be completed in time for the 2007 graduation. Those of you who have ever sat crammed in a hot unairconditioned gym in July will be able to aprreciate that the school will finally have airconditioning not only for graduation, but school plays, band concerts, etc. Emily was thrilled that one of her classmates was chosen to represent the elementary school by swinging a sledge hammer in the demolition of a small maintenance building. The picture below shows her class on a back hoe at the ground breaking.

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Allan & Ginger Gilmer, Philippine Mission P.O. Box 2035 Antipolo, Rizal 1870 Philippines