Day One: Travel Day

Well day one is here! We met at Perth international airport on Thursday night, said our ‘tearful’ goodbyes and headed on through to customs. After the extraction of a few water bottles and a screwdriver we were free to go through to the departure lounge. There we saw the kids from Kennedy Baptist College who were taking a different flight through Singapore but were bound for the same destination as us. After listening to a few creative interpretations of passenger names over the loud speaker our flight was finally called and we boarded.

The six-hour flight went by quick for some, and slow for others (Tyler) who discovered their inflight entertainment was defective. We landed safely at Kuala Lumpur and after a pre trip briefing and a quick journal session we boarded the next flight to Manila. Again, the flight went by slow for some and fast for others (Jos and Stringer) who entertained themselves by putting as many M&M’s as possible in sleeping junior Stafford’s nose, ears and mouth.

We landed in Manila around 2:30pm and, after waiting for the bus for half an hour continued on the supposedly one hour drive to the Ministry Centre. Four hours later and an added bonus of the Kennedy team we arrived at the Ministry Centre hot, tired and hungry. After a delicious dinner of lasagna and sweet bread, we went for a tour of the ministry centre and discovered a 3m long reticulated python. Then we unpacked our bags and rearranged and categorised the donations given by the Rehoboth Community. This was followed up by a quick swim for some, devotions and bed. Thus endeth day one.