Nag-CSP Ta!
translation (kinda): We did a community service project!
translation (literal): We CSP-ed! In Hiligaynon you can just put "nag" in front of any verb and it makes it past tense.
This Friday was a district service project, helping the Miag-ao elders and members clean their meeting house. It was an absolute blast! The house is owned by the oldest members of the group, a sweet 76 year old lady and her husband who had a stroke and can't walk very well, that's why they decided to have meetings in their house. Of course, this sweet old lady can't clean out the upstairs (which probably hadn't been used in years) all by herself. Neither would she have been capable of pulling up the old, ripped, linoleum and putting new linoleum in. So we did it for her! Below are pictures from this o-so-fun-experience. After the service project, we ate lunch on the beach near the meeting house. Pictures of that are included as well. The whole activity was really unforgettable. Miag-ao is a tiny town on the very edge of the bay-bay (sea-shore, pronounced by-by). The members are so sweet, and watching half-a-dozen missionaries try to figure out how to install linoleum is really fun. (I did help a little bit).
"Before pictures" The upstairs walls had essentially fallen apart down to the studs, so after cleaning the upstairs, we put in new plywood to separate the rooms again for classes.
Downstairs after the old linoleum was already ripped out.
A genuine treasure chest, with all the traditional treasure one would expect to find- an old faded picture of a soldier, old-fashioned clothing, everything!
How many missionaries does it take to install linoleum?
Filipino Carpentry - They are upstairs and I am downstairs!
"After Pictures" of the upstairs
The outside of the Church
Lunch afterwards
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