Boracay Ministry's full time staff, Elizabeth Ruiz from Hawaii, shares some thoughts about God's work on Boracay and Panay islands in the Philippines.
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Ending 2012 with a Purpose
Introducing: Alma, Celia, Emma and Naomi.
These lovely Ati ladies are very special teachers to the Ati children. They are some of the first of their kind, because they are teachers and they are Ati! Each one has been trained to teach the preschool Ati children.
Right now there are 38 Ati children in the Sunbeam pre-school.
Over the years, the Ati tribal negrito people have been discriminated against and suppressed. Through better education, God’s family can bring these marginalized people out of the cycle of poverty and discrimination.
Will you continue to join us in prayer and help to provide education for these children, so in the future they will be able to secure jobs and have a significant place in society to shine for Christ?
The Bible tells us that Jesus loved little children:
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me!" (Mark 10:14) Jesus made it a priority to spend time with children. Frequently he would call them unto himself. He demonstrated a tender heart of love from hugs and healing to care and hope.
Our desire at First Love International is to bring the gift of hope to the hopeless! Along with physically nurturing them with nutritious food and medical care, we want to bring the hope of education now and for their future.
During this Christmas season, there is no better time than today, to bring hope to the children who need it most.
If you would like to make a difference in the lives of these children, would you be willing to sponsor one of these Ati teachers? Just $100 a month will help bring education to these children who so desperately need it. If $100 is difficult for you to commit, any amount would be a great blessing.
Please write to us, click on the reply option and let us
know that you would like to help.
As we show our adoration to the Christ child this Christmas, together we can give the gift of hope to the precious children who Jesus cares for and adores.
Love to you and your family,
Dan and Tori Beaver
A Medical Mission
“Because of the poverty here, many people can not afford healthcare.
Many sicknesses go untreated, some even die from lack of medical care.
In fact, a cousin to a little boy in our school died just last week
from a sickness because family was not able to take him to Manila for treatment.
The hospital and clinics on this island are very simple. Major medical
problems are sent to a nearby island, or Manila a one hour plane ride away.
If you do have a loved one in the hospital here, there is no
nursing care….you are their nurse, the provider of their food, and care taker while
there. This is difficult for single mothers with other children at home.
So many medical issues go untreated. But we serve an awesome God.
He knows exactly what we have need of before we even pray for it.
Recently, we were blessed to have a Nigerian-American team of Doctors
and nurses come here to do a free medical clinic for the people.
They did physicals and eye exams, then handed out free medicine,
vitamins and eye glasses. The people were so grateful!
About 200 people showed up at the clinic in the northern part of Boracay
and another 100 at the clinic we held for the Ati village on the nearby island.
The Ati are the native tribal people who live in the mountains mostly
secluded from the other Filipinos. Many elders were coming out to receive the
medical care they have not had for years. High blood pressure and ulcers were some
major problems. We discovered one woman with a cyst or tumor in her breast that
could be cancerous. The poor lady had waited so long to get it checked,
we pray it’s not to late. She’s a single mother of 5, with 1 child being deaf.
Her fear is dying without anyone to care for her children, so she never got it checked.
Prayerfully we can get her the medical treatment she needs.
So much physical sickness, but also emotional and spiritual sickness.
Praise God, besides the medical treatment, we prayed with every individual
person that came through the clinic.
God was really moving in the hearts of the people!
Hallelujah! The Holy Spirit touched so many; healing from the inside out!
Lord, continue to move on the hearts of the people from the clinics.
Wash them from the inside out with your blood, grace, and mercy.
Let them bathe in your presence
and soak in your healing, in Jesus name. Amen.”
*Article written by Julie Immer. We thank God for Julie's love and
encouragement for the Filipino and Ati people.