Ministry Day

It's the start of another Filipiniana Week - a celebration of the culture and country we have the privilege of living in.
Today was "ministry day" and a local school, started by a Faith Academy family, were invited up to school.  Faith kids teamed up with a couple of Cuatro kids and played games and parents were invited to provide food for the friends assigned to their children.  Great. Except lots of parents forgot (we've just had a weekend!) so there was an urgent queue formed at our school cafeteria as parents sought to buy food (the specification was rice and ulam [a general term meaning the meat topping]), and others bemoaned the fact that their helper hadn't worked over the weekend so they hadn't thought to cook anything appropriate.  I brought up our food, only to realise I hadn't brought plates - another common fault! I also forgot to pack the food as individual servings - again, a recurring problem!  Grade 3 was cooking their food, so there was plenty of extra for those who didn't provide anything and I think the children saw a little of the miraculous in the feeding as there was more than enough to go round and Rose brought some of our contribution home again!