Day 7: We Are at Boracay

Hello fellow readers!

We have arrived safely on the absolutely beautiful island of Boracay. With all transportation which included a coach, aeroplane, mini bus, boat and a safari van (this is just today!) on time and running smoothly we have all come to Boracay exhausted but ready to start our next adventure.

Upon arrival we were pleasantly surprised to find our accommodation minutes from the beach and an absolute luxury resort with incredible views. As you can all imagine we have made ourselves very much at home. However with the excitement of coming to a new place it was extremely hard to leave Manila and the friendships we were beginning to create with the children in the orphanage and in the community. I think I speak on behalf of the team when I say six days is such a short time and as we began making friendships and bonding with the kids it was time to leave.

Nevertheless the time we spent in Manila was fulfilling in countless ways; we managed to paint the outside of the orphanage, repaint the basketball backboards, ring and poles. Lastly we laid six or more walls onto the extension that will soon become an early childhood center for not only the children from the orphanage but from the community as well. It was an exceedingly productive week and to top off our awesome efforts we also heard faint comments from the American teams mentioning that the amount of work we had completed was more than what they had done in the whole time that they had been there.

All of our hard work paid off and we left Manila feeling incredibly proud of what we had accomplished and are now ready to #MAKESOME MAGIC in Boracay.

Missing you all back at home and thinking of you all while were here in one of the most amazing places I have ever seen.

(To the Watson Family and Nanny and Granddad, here is my blog miss you all and looking forward to seeing you next week.) 

Lots of Love

Kezia J

P.S. Wi-fi is particularly bad on the Island at the moment, we will try to keep updates coming. Just know we are all safe and having a great time!