Final Reflection From Jacob

I alpologise for this being nearly a week after our return , I don’t even know if people are still reading these but I’m going to blog anyway:)

“You Can’t Change The World , But You Can Change Sombodys World” – Freazer

This quote has stayed in my mind for the last week and has helped put the trip into perspective for me. Being honest raising all the money to go out wasn’t a easy task and took a long time and a lot of generosity from Freinds and family but wow am I happy I did it all now. The two weeks I spent in the Philippines at PCF school and with the children has changed my life for ever. The relationships that I built with the children mean so much to me because I able to make them smile and to them that means so much. Children such as jaybee, Chris and James I became close with and when we got to the school in the morning there was nothing i wanted to do more than go find them and say hello and get a high five.

The last day for me was emotional and very humbling , what to you would have seemed like a mundain two weeks of work was hailed like a miricle. A load of painting , playground fixing and general helping out was welcomed with such grace and happeness you would have thought we were a sports team retuning after a big win ? We were far from that just a group of school children who had been working there for 2 weeks. I have never been overcome with emotion more than being sat there when all the children flooded down from the floors clapping and jumping on us and hugging us. That moment is the single most emotional thing in my life and no words can describe how I felt.

Seeing my Freind from the 2 weeks jaybee, a happy child who was always making jokes and smiling at me and never with a frown on his face in that moment , come running towards me was so incredible. However I then witnessed him brake down into tears infornt of me , I didn’t know how to deal with this ? I just picked him up tears in both our eyes and hugged him. He was crying because he didn’t want me to go , and I was crying because I didn’t want to leave 😦 that moment will never leave me because it’s one in which just sums up the whole trip for me 😦 I don’t think ever in my life will I get to meet such Awsome , happy and incredible children. If you ever find yourself in a tough spot or having problems look to the children of PFC School Manila because they are smiling in the face of the worst situations.

I’d love to tell more story’s but I’m sure your all bored by now and tbh I think the other peoples blogs help to sum up the trip. However I’d love to breifly mention the team because they have helped to make this such a enjoyable project. I have become close with them all and the teachers were Awsome as we’ll. I am so thankful I got to experience this trip with them and can’t help but think they all helped make the trip. So I’d love to say a massive thank you to everybody and special mentions to people such as mick , tom , mike who I’d never met before and Bezza and Freazer who organised it all , I can never thank you enough.

I can honestly say This trip changed my life and has made me a different person. So thank you to everybody that made it possible

Jacob “Lips” Ainsle 🙂