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Today,
we took our BS sponsored child, Sarah, to SM Sucat for some grocery
items and a pair of sandals as the pair she was wearing were rented
from a friend for two pesos, about 4 cents American dollars.
We started out at 10 AM when Rose Marie and Fred, the driver, dropped
by at Laila's house to pick us up. Again the traffic was terrible as
MMDA was doing some road works along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue
(EDSA). I am starting to learn the names of some of the cities around
here. Anyway near the airport is Tramo, Parañaque City where Sarah and
her family live in a depressed area.
We met Sarah, Shiela,
and their mother up at McDonalds and then took a short drive over to
the SM Sucat Mall. On the way, we were talking about possible places
to eat when Laila mentioned Chow King and we found that the kids had
not been there yet, so Chow King it was.
We parked the van in
a basement and met Riel at Chow King. After Laila had them remodel the
place to accomodate our group (she is very good at that), we sat down
to a meal of Sweet and Sour Pork, Chicken, Pancit Bihon, Rice and other
stuff. The meal was great and the kids really stuffed themselves as
did everyone else.
After the meal we all went upstairs to the food section to buy food for
Sarah and her family. Laila, who is always really observant of things
caught Sarah's mother trying to add things to the list like milk
formula for her son's baby and things like that. We were there to
spend our money on Sarah and her needs other than the extended family.
We went ahead and filled up a shopping cart with grocery items and then
took them to Tramo where we put them on a tricycle for home. It was
great to see the smiles on Sarah and her sister's face as they left,
even though we have the feeling that their mother would probably sell
some of the food for cash. Sort of how the welfare folks in the states
do.
Anyway, we then headed back to Laila's house which again took quite a
while as the traffic again was miserable. She didn't know about the
traffic because she had slept through the trip back. I look forward
visiting Sarah and the Save the Children again on my next visit. It
was a very good feeling to be helping someone less fortunate than
ourselves and Laila and myself enjoyed it alot.
Posted at 11:59 pm by RWO
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