“CHRISTMAS
IN OUR HEARTS”
By: Gabby Malquisto and Jizza Magallanes
By: Gabby Malquisto and Jizza Magallanes
Every year the I.T. Tender Ministry Team hosts
Christmas parties and extends additional help to poor children and families living
in the streets and urban poor communities of Manila. We do this to show the
love of God and spread the message of the good news of salvation. We see this
as a great opportunity to reach out to more communites and street children as
well as to the children and families already involved our programs.
This past December 2013, the Lord entrusted
us with a bigger challenge that involved a great step of faith: Christmas
parties in three major areas in Muntinlupa City for approxamately 225 children.
The children invitited to these parties were from programs run at the IT Tender
drop-in center, clients from the Sponsor A Child Now program, and also for the
children and families involved in our Food For Life and Night Life programs in
Putatan.
God provided every need for the parties and
through the generosity of personal donors and our partner organizations, three
parties were successfully held:
November 30th – Educational Progams
December 7th - Putatan Community
December 13th - Alabang Night Life
November 30th – Educational Progams
December 7th - Putatan Community
December 13th - Alabang Night Life
We were also blessed to be able to give
Christmas groceriesto approxamately130 families on December 22nd.
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| Tender Team + Night Life volunteer Amanda Moxley with Jollibee! |
It is not every day that these children
receive special gifts and eat a special meal like Jollibee!It was a joy and a
privilege to share these blessings with the children. These parties give the
opportunity for our clients to actually be a child and have fun,and to help
them understand the true meaning of Christmas - the birth of our Lord Jesus
Christ who loves them so much and brings salvation to their lives.
We the I.T. Tender
Ministry team have been so blessed to see once again smiles and happiness that
can’t be bought at any price. We thank the Lord for His provision and for our
partners who never stop supporting the ministry. We thank God for our brothers
and sisters in Christ who continue praying for us and encourage us to continue
what the Lord called us to do...to love those who are loved by God, our
children. We challenge everyone to continue to support us and pray with us to
lead these children to the path where God wants them to bring...the bright future.
Top Left:
Nov 30 party / Top Right: Catherine / Middle Left: Extreme Response
International Team who supported our Nov 30 party / Middle Right: Donors from
MMHS class of ’85 who supported our Putatan Community party with children /
Bottom Left: Gabby and the gifts / Bottom Right: Rochelle from Alabang
