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Our Soup Kitchen

Posted by Tim Troutman on July 27, 2010 at 7:00 am

Here is a short video with some photos of our soup kitchen’s first day. This is just the beginning…

Progress in the Philippines

Posted by Stephen Troutman on July 26, 2010 at 8:28 am

Praise God our flight to Manila went well.  However there were a few times when I thought that the wings of our plane was going to fall off. Smaller planes always have me feeling a tad bit apprehensive. Thankfully we were only on the DC-9 for just an hour and a half. Katy had the [...]

Tony Meloto on Poverty and Government Corruption

Posted by Tim Troutman on July 24, 2010 at 10:00 am

Tony Meloto, the founder of Gawad Kalinga, addressed an audience in Sydney Australia earlier this year on the topic of poverty and government corruption in the Philippines.   Meloto said, To the many corrupt Filipino politicians, Meloto said, “as Christians, we shouldn’t judge, but love and respect them.” He described a mathematical analysis on corrupt mayors: “I don’t [...]