Mayhugh May Newsletter

The Mayhugh Newsletter ICS trip We arrived home in Bohol with just a few days to prepare before hosting a team of teenagers from International Christian School (HK). This is the second year our friend Daughin Chan has brought a team out during their Hong Kong ‘week without walls’ to partner with ICM. It We were in Hong Kong for a period of 4 was a full week of construction projects, months starting last January, staying at an playing with ICM preschool kids and visiting apartment in Wan Chai (many thanks to our orphanages and a local prison. good friend who offered us his home) and reconnecting with family, friends and our home church. It was an especially good time for all of us. Daniel was able to connect with the men’s fraternity and spend time working at the HK ICM office. Anna attended a weekly women’s bible study and weekly mothers group. Nya enjoyed meeting many new friends and taking advantage Curriculum of the many parks During the last 4 months Daniel has been and playgrounds HK working hard developing the curriculum for has to offer. Her ICM’s livelihood programs. After a first year of highlight was a trip learning through experience there were to Ocean Park to see changes and updates to be made to the the pandas, dolphins teaching material. Now the curriculum is and sea lions. Our completed and ready to be taught to ICM’s highlights were new recipients of our 6 month ‘Transform’ and definitely the 3 month “Uplift” programs beginning in June. fellowship with good CCT Partnership friends, new and old Daniel recently took over the role of managing alike. ‘Kauswagon’ ICM’s joint venture with Center Immigration for Community Transformation, a We ended up spending longer in HK than microfinance institution operating in the originally planned due to immigration. We Philippines. Currently in trial phase in were advised to apply for HK permanent Bacolod City, the goal is for CCT to become residency for Nya (despite the fact she wasn’t the ‘next step’ all ICM recipients take after born in HK and didn’t fit any of the completing our programs. After some categories). Because her case was complicated additional business training they will receive 2 it took much longer than the normal 6 weeks. consecutive small business loans. The aim of We are this initiative is to lift them out of extreme still poverty and help them become more waiting to financially independent. here the What’s next? final Good question! We’re not sure what the near decision. future holds for us. We are still pursuing Daniel adoption in Bohol and also considering a was also future move to Manila. With most of Daniel’s able to work now on a national level Manila looks to extend his be the most ideal location for us. Please be HK visa, praying for us as we await news from our taking him past the required 7 years for his social worker and make decisions for our permanent residency. future.

Mayhugh May Newsletter

by Daniel Mayhugh

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