2,253 Emails

Al “Sandy” Munroe has a special group of students at the school he oversees in the Philippines who he knew would have their lives changed if they could get access to hearing aids.

He worked tirelessly trying to find a way to get these 11 students the hearing assistance they needed. Of the “2,253” emails he sent trying to find help, one them finally landed in the inbox of our Executive Director, Brady Forseth.

From there, everything fell into place. All the connections needed were established to make it possible for these children to be seen during our recent hearing mission in Cebu.

All 11 students who we saw at our mission site were able to get the hearing aids they needed, and instantly we could see their faces light up as they entered into a world of sound.

The students wasted no time in returning to school and Sandy has already sent us reports of the positive differences he is seeing with their learning.

What was recently a very quiet classroom has now erupted to be full of sound as these students are beginning to learn with hearing. They are beginning to imitate and speak the words they are hearing, and their teachers are very excited about helping these students get an education that includes both hearing and speaking.

Sandy even mentioned that as one student begins humming a song they heard on the radio, all the other students chime in. Their teachers are working to teach them that the classroom is not the appropriate place for that, but we can’t help but smile at the notion of how children who couldn’t hear a week ago are now enjoying music together.