Healthy Emotions for Children Seminar Hosted by the little children's home and conducted at Shiphrah Bahay Paanakan seminar area.

Our welcome team. Aubrey was so happy to hand out bullitins to the new arrivals with the help of his friend Alex Bucher.






Everyone getting to know one another

Helen serving coffee,tea, and bread to the early morning attendants. Serving with a smile. Thank you to those who donated the morning merienda.




Leny leading praise and worship.

Latecomers getting registered.














Our social worker Joy welcoming everyone to a day of fun learning.

Darren sharing the heart of the little children's home and Shiphrah Bahay Paanakan. He told the story of the midwives Shiphrah and Puah in the book of Exodus. He said it is no mistake that the room he was standing in now is full of women and few men. Women bring about change.


Helen stirring a big pot of pancit for our second snack of the day. I just love her beautiful smile. It never turns off.
















Volunteers Bible School students serve with a joyful heart. Washing all the dishes.

















Everyone is helping. Jorge the mission driver is making the punch.














Sharing a story about a first memory of her mother.














Our guest speaker Jessica Friedman introduces a ice breaker called the spiderweb.







A spiderweb is formed through the telling of where one works, struggles, and joys.







Feedback time. What have I learned about children who have experienced crisis.












Jessica continues to share about the emotional needs of children in crisis.













Shiphrah midwife Lornie, Home manager Helen and husband of a midwife Matt get the dessert plates ready for lunch. Thank you for the donations of sweets and fruit.










Midwife Lydia carefully prepares the lunch plates for 68 participants. Thank you Las Brisas for loaning plates to us for the day.












Look at all that yummy food. Belen makes the best banana heart coconut milk topping for rice ever. Thank you Belen.












Aubrey with a servants heart. I am so proud of him.















Look at that lovely smile.












Lornie Shiphrah Midwife serves the little children's home staff lunch. It is great seeing God's servant heart through our midwifes at Shiphrah.















Want more rice???













Look at all of those clean plates. Thank you for all the hard work and teamwork that was put into the seminar day to make is successful.














Teachers Jessica Friedman and Deborah Gustafson. We had a great time.

A very happy group of people. We learned a lot today and everyone said " When can we do this again?"