by Natalie Vellacott (Author), Jenny Oberst (Editor), Lauren Densham (Illustrator)
A true story detailing how a Christian Police Sergeant from England boarded the Logos Hope Missionary Ship in 2011 and was forever changed when, in the Philippines, she unexpectedly encountered and fell in love with a group of street teenage boys addicted to a solvent called “rugby.” The author details the highlights and lowlights, ups and downs, trials and tribulations, successes and failures of the Logos Hope crew as they defied local attitudes to slowly and carefully befriend this sidelined and often detested minority.
You will read of hospital visitations, breaches of trust, criminal activity, gang fights and numerous disappointments. Did their intervention make any dfference and were the heartaches and struggles worthwhile? The answer may surprise you…