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Philippines mission trip provides a deeper appreciation for Filipino culture

  • Posted on July 31, 2011 at 10:05 pm

www.lewisu.edu Four Lewis University students, faculty and staff traveled Dec. 27, 2010 — Jan. 9, 2011 to the Philippines to participate in a university mission trip with the Diocese of Joliet. Students Elizabeth Jilek and Sean Ruane were accompanied by Sabrina Poulin, university minister and coffee house coordinator, and Brother Tom Dupre, FSC, associate professor of mathematics and computer science. It was the fourth Lewis student mission trip to Bacolod City in the Philippines. Various tasks were completed during the trip, including one day of laying the concrete floor for a house in Bago City. Four additional days were spent building a house from the ground up in Fiat Village. The area is located in Silay, which is made up of parish workers from the Cathedral San Diego. The missioners worked with Gawad Kalinga, an organization that builds homes in villages for people living in the squatter areas. Digging the trench for the foundation, building the walls, laying the floor and backfilling the areas around the home were tasks performed by the missioners. By hand, they carried the sand, concrete and gravel from one end of the village to the other. The concrete was mixed by hand and transferred in buckets to use as mortar between the cinder blocks or as concrete on the floor. “This trip was easily the most rewarding thing I have ever experienced,” commented Sean Ruane. He said seeing the reactions and smiles of the children when books were given to them was the most …

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