Freeza update 2

Hi All

Well what an amazing end to our time in Manila yesterday was. We had the most moving and emotional assembly from the children. We all sat in tears and then when we were asked to join in a dance and song the tears became a flood. We managed to complete the mural and I am so proud of the team for the way they have all made a massive contribution to it. Most of them told me that they could not draw and or paint. Within moments of starting they developed into fine artists. Some of the blogs have referred to it as Freeza’s mural I can honestly say I did less drawing and painting on it than any of the students. Just a little bit of encouragement here and there. My moment of the week so far is when I had a moment of comic rage a cross between Bezza and Basil Fawlty. The art teacher Kandie allowed some of her most junior students to come and help us with the painting. She then went off and left them to it they painted some pretty little flowers and butterflies here and there which were ok but then one little boy painted a flower in a pot floating in the middle of the beautiful tropical rain forest. I snatched the brush out of his hand and told him to sling his hook, not a moment of which I am proud.

The best bit though was Mrs Jeffery’s response to my action she just collapsed in uncontrollable laughter and we could not stop her for several minutes. We finished the classroom painting to a very high standard so we left feeling as though we had achieved a great deal. Although we had so many tears just a few hours later we had everyone laughing uncontrollably at Mr Poons when we finished the meal with a giant ‘selfie’ with the man himself in the middle. I am sure I saw a tear in his eye, probably at the thought of his profits plummeting from today.

A late start today and then on to Tacloban for the 2nd phase of our great adventure. An adventure made so great by the work rate, commitment, good humour and just all round ‘nice ness’ of your kids. Thank you for trusting us to work with them for this amazing time.

Bye for now

Freeza