Our Last Day With Students

Tomorrow will be our last day with our students. We've had to modify our program quite a bit for this week’s students. The kids we're working with are largely from very disadvantaged families. Some are aboriginal, some are from families where the mother was pretty much a mail order bride from another southeast Asian country. Only a few are from what we would consider functional families. They have been involved in a summer program at a local church who cares for such cases. The church provides supervision, lunch and some educational help during the summer break. The parents are thankful that their children have a safe place to be while they can continue to work. We’re talking very low income situations here. It’s hard to imagine that we have might have any meaningful impact on their conditions but the church we’re partnering with will continue to care for these kids after we leave. Except for the work of Christians, there is literally no support for the underprivileged in this region of the world.

Well, it is unlikely that we’ll be updating our site from Taiwan again. Although we’re very fond of this land, we’re all looking forward to crossing the pond and landing on familiar ground again soon. Until then, this is Chuck for the team signing off.