Several Cases: Answered Prayers

TCLP delights in sharing stories of successes. But these are a few so far. 

In light of what went before, however, these are glimpses of what can be done with much support and prayer.

May Ann Rose Brilliantes is   Manobo  and Mamanwa. She has been with TCLP since she was six years old and in Pre-School. She’s been with TCLP ever since and currently she’s now 3^rd year high school or 9^th grade. Her father  left her, her siblings and her mother when she just turned seven years old. Her father  was involved in theft and robbery and has been wanted by the police until now.  May Ann Rose never saw her father again since that day that he left them.  She continued going to school inspite of the different rumors going on in their small community about the circumstances of how her father had gone missing. She was embarrassed at first but eventually she decided to keep her head high and face the music.

She never gave up and continued going to school no matter what. She’s been doing well and is now one year away from finishing high school. Her mother, Evelyn, also never gave up. When her husband left, she became both the father and mother to her five children. She did everything to survive and did odd jobs in the community by working as a maid, she did laundry for the people in the neighborhood whenever she’s needed and also became a nanny to families who needed extra help from time to time.  May Ann Rose prays that God would give her a chance to go to college and finish a degree. She’d like to be the first one in her family to be able to do that and get a good job in the future. She would like to be able to help her mother so she doesn’t have to do all these odd jobs around the community to provide for the family and let her rest.

May Ann Rose is very thankful  that she’s able to go to school via TCLP through the kind and generous donations of people who have been partnering  with MCN all these years. Through TCLP, she has learned about the love of Jesus  and it was Him who gave her and her mother the hope and tenacity to keep them going all throughout this time

Jeffrey  is from Bangunay, a town which is probably around 30 kilometers away from Mt. Zion Tribal Training Center which is located in Mahayahay, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte. He’s a smart kid who had dreams of being able to school. He got accepted as one of the Dormitory students at Mt. Zion.  Like most of the Dorm kids, he stayed at the Mt. Zion campus from the beginning of the school year  June,  up to the end which is in March of every year. He sacrificed being away from his family for ten months out of every year so he could go to school. His parents couldn’t afford to send him to school since they are very poor. Life’s just about striving to make a living so they can have three meals a day.

He’s very gifted with music and plays the guitar real well. He’s part of the Youth Group in the church especially in the Worship Team. Jeffrey was with TCLP since he was in 4^th grade and graduated high school in March 2010. He’s now going to a bible school in Cebu City where he’s training to be a pastor. He plans to go back to his own town when he finishes  in two years and wants to start a church there among his own people.

Jemuel “Em-em” has always been a very happy kid inspite of his circumstances. His father was a Datu, a title given to a person in the Mamanwa tribe who is a respected elder or head of the community. His mother died when Jemuel was just almost six years old. Jemuel  joined the Dormitory Program of TCLP when he was six years old and in first grade. His mother died a year before that and a couple of years later, his father died as well. His older brother and an uncle sort of acted as his guardians but he was in the Dormitory most of the time. Unlike most of the Dormitory kids, once school ends in March or early April, they’re so eager to leave to be with their families for the two-month school vacation for the summer. Jemuel has always been different. He’d hang out in the Dorm longer because he really doesn’t have anywhere to go home to like the other kids every year. He would help out in the Dormitory and do all sorts of chores.

This pat March 2011, he finished sixth grade. He was very excited to have finally finished elementary and he had a beaming smile on his Graduation Day. He just started 1^st Year High School this past June and he looked a bit more mature now. He looks forward to finishing high school and dreams of being able to finish a four-year-degree. He’s very thankful that he’s with TCLP so he could go to school. 


Kids like these deserve chances. And you increase those chances if the kids get some support. Read all about supporting these children at the MCN website here http://www.mcni.org/tclp.html - and if you feel led to support one of them, may you be blessed for your kindness and generosity!

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