Don Shire Ministries does short term mission trips with local churches and teams around the world. He has been in 33 countries working on building projects, helping orphanages and playing his trumpet. He came with his wife and 3 others from his home church. They are all from Wisconsin. They spent two weeks here helping at Aloha House and reaching out to the community that we work with in Palawan. It was a real blessing to see an old friend from my high school days, Sharon Duke (Carlson) and her daughter Kelly.
Narcy and I met part of the Duke clan on a previous trip in Northern Wisconsin while visiting a child we placed into a family. Kelly Duke was interested in visiting Aloha House when she gets older. So after a few years went by, through a series of blessings they were able to cover their airfare and expenses for her and Mom. They proved to be eager helpers with the children and staff. They saw all the babies that they have been praying for the last 8 years or so. Kelly has been following our websites over the years and was keen to learn as much as she could about culture and ministry here in the Philippines.
She was also part of the music team and was able to give testimony to several groups of Filipinos. Kelly's Mom, Sharon, was able to teach our son Archie and Abigail to play a song for the last night of the outreach. Sharon is an excellent teacher and loves music and worship.
Each night of outreach Don and Kathy sang on stage an opening worship song with Barb Palmer and the Dukes. Then Don took over the night with amazing slides set to music from various trips he's taken around the world.
Don Shire has many albums and enjoys performing to small churches or large crowds. He's a real adventurer and enjoys fellowshipping with Christians from all walks of life.
http://www.donshire.com
Visit his website to learn more!
Barb Palmer is a nurse and was a great asset to the team. She enjoy scrap booking and stamping with our staff and brought a suitcase of papers and tools to help out our Mother's with Hope program. As a grandmother she enjoyed all the babies and was able to spend time in the nursery as well as join on outreaches and feeding centers.
The whole crew helped bring the babies to the beach. The children enjoyed the extra attention and played in the water.
We saw some jellyfish and met fisherman.
The children get to swim and see the ocean and get sand in their toes.
The van temporarily got stuck and needed a quick push.
Down the beach they hiked. Always an adventure with Don, he will play his trumpet anywhere people will gather!
Time for a quick concert at the fisherman's village.
A tough day at the beach with the team.
Don mixes some microbes that help build up soil and create fertlity. They all attended our Sustainable Agriculture Seminar to see the technology that can help so many people. Don is on the BOD for an orphanage in S. America and he wants to help them to grow more food.
Barb with another baby. William is filling out and growing stronger each day.
The big event brought in over 500 people from the community and various churches in Plalawan!
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