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Youth Camp

During the summer season Hope for the Island Preschool goes on break and so do our teachers. Well not really a break!  All our preschool teachers enjoy setting aside their uniforms and curriculums to creatively plan and minister to the kids and youth.   Thus far the summer has been very fruitful and God honoring! Let […]

Spider Game

I would like to tell you that my kids are collecting rock specimens to observe under a microscope- but they are not. They have been climbing trees and cliffs looking for big spiders that they can put in their little spider boxes. Each spider is given a number and then competes against another spider on […]

Our Farm Neighbours

Siargao Island is coming to the end of rainy season and heading into the hot summer.  Hope for the Island Organic Farm is doing great as we approach the summer months. The last few weeks we harvested and enjoyed eating radishes, string beans, okra and pechay! The goats at the farm will now enjoy free […]

Pacifico Outreach

  Kid’s Ministry leaders have been feeling a burden to reach out to the children who live in Pacifico.   Pacifico is a picturesque village blessed with great surf and the surrounding ocean is abundant with fish. We have done previous VBS and Kid’s ministry in this area. We recently did an outreach there that included […]

A Fun Way To Learn

Our Hope for the Island Learning Centre preschool had a wonderful field trip this year. It was a great learning adventure unlike any they have ever experienced before. The Philippine Science Centrum brought their hands on Science experiment to Siargao Island. The event was held in Del Carmen about a 40 minute drive from Burgos.