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You Made Us Your Own
In 2009, a family of five in the Philippines needed a monthly income of PHP 4,869 for basic food needs and PHP 7,017 to avoid poverty, while child poverty remains stark with 20% of 5 to 16-year-olds not attending school and children under five dying frequently due to poverty. The overall poverty incidence showed only a slight reduction from 21.1% in 2006 to 20.9% in 2009, and regions VII, V, and VI had the highest concentrations of poor families. Amidst these challenges, there is a message of hope and faith, highlighting the support from Christian groups that provide food and spiritual guidance to struggling families.
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- 1. In 2009, familyof five* needed PhP 4,869 monthly income to meet food needs and PhP 7,017 to stay out of poverty! In 2009, family of five needed PhP 4,869 monthly income to meet food needs and PhP 7,017 to stay out of poverty!
- 2. 20% of childrenbetween the ages of 5 and 16 don’t go to school
- 3. 4 Filipino children under the age of 5 die every 30 minutes due to poverty.
- 4. Instead, they workevery day to put food on the table.
- 5. And if theyare too young to work, they beg.
- 6. There was anincrease of about 185,000 families from 3.67 million in 2006 to 3.86 million in 2009!
- 7. NATIONAL: In termsof poverty incidence among families, there was only a slight reduction during the three-year period – from 21.1% in 2006 to 20.9% in 2009.
- 8. NATIONAL: In 2009,a family of five needed PhP 231 daily income to stay out of poverty!
- 9. REGIONAL: RegionsVII, V, and VI continue to have the biggest share in the total number poor families! Cebu is in Region VII.
- 10. PROVINCIAL: Cebuand Negros Occidental continue to have the biggest share in the total number of poor families!
- 11. I’ve been taughtthat God is an unapproachable God. Angry and full of wrath. My only hope is that my good deeds will outweigh the bad.
- 12. … thefatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do . Deut. 14:29
- 13. We bow beforethe Santo Nino and give this infant King praise. We are taught to trust in tradition, our priests and our own good deeds. Faith is not enough.
- 14. When I die,I have no assurance that I will go to heaven nor any idea that I should ever merit entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven.
- 15. Is there nohope of a new tomorrow?
- 16. Satan, the worldand the flesh are continually bent upon falsifying the word of God or the pure doctrine, and never before has such perversion been carried on so variously and extensively as at the present time, so that in our day millions are being carried off in to eternal death by the poison of false doctrine. - A. Graebner, Theological Quarterly, 1898
- 17. Did God reallycreate us to be so …
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- 19. We are desperateand destitute. But by the grace of God, ...
- 20. … someChristians began feeding us nutritious meals and sharing the Gospel with us.
- 21. So that hecaused the cry of the poor to come to him; and he heard the cry of the afflicted…. Job 34:28 And just like seasons change
- 22. … Winterinto Spring.
- 23. Chains are brokenand love pierces the darkness …
- 24. Lives are changingfor good
- 25. We are taughtto trust in God alone and that it is by faith alone in Jesus that we are saved.
- 26. We desire tolive our lives guided by the Word of God.
- 27. God knows thenumber of hairs on my head.
- 28. Oh that our names might be written on the palm of His hands.
- 29. He has aplan for me …
- 30. For good andnot evil.
- 31. He never leavesus or forsakes us.
- 32. And I amlearning to trust Him in all things …
- 33. … thatGod is sovereign and just, holy and good all the time.
- 34. We serve amighty God who loves to give good gifts to His children.
- 35. We are theteachers, preachers, evangelists and doctors of tomorrow. Because of faithful people like you, -- because you have invested in our tomorrow, we are becoming the next generation of fishermen.
- 36. And now whenwe pray, we thank God He gave us Daddy Matthew, Mommy Lisay and faithful people like you. And now when we pray, we thank God He gave us Daddy Matthew, Mommy Lisay and faithful people like you.
- 37. Thank you andGod bless you everyone!
- 38. Street Kids PhilippinesMissions Raising a generation of children after God’s own heart. www.streetkidspm.com
Editor's Notes
- #6 Meet Thommy and Freckles. Both have died since their story was published in 2006. One was drug related and the other child died when hit by a car. They too had dreams. They dreamed up growing up, opening street vending business and living honorable lives.
- #12 Dennis and Marwin, 15 years of age just began a two-year Bible Study training course. This semester they are taking: Personal Evangelism,1, Courtship, Marriage, and the Christian Home, English 1, Personal Hygiene, Methods and Principles of Teaching 1, Doctrine of Scripture, Choir & Voice, Doctrine f Salvation, Perhaps they will be the first of many preachers, evangelists and, teachers that come from our orphanage.
- #15 There were 400 in attendance. Applying simple math, 40 of these children come from families where their basic needs aren’t even met. Look around te congregation for us, that would mean may 25 of us would have lack sufficient funds for our basic needs.
- #22 But then, what are we to do?
- #23 As we bring good news of a good and sovereign God, there is great hope!
- #25 Ahh! So the poor have hope and injustice shuts her mouth. We can retort that poverty is a product of great corruption and injustice. And, it is. But God’s word speaks of a hope… it speaks of a future. For good and not unto destruction.
- #28 Let the children come unto me
- #29 This brings us to Street Kids Philippine Missions. Meet our kids. They currently live on the 5 th floor of a commercial building. Most have been at the orphanage 4 years. When the church first brought then in, they were dirty and half naked.
- #30 Jesus call children unto himself and He promises that the poor have hope that the mouths of injustice would be shut.
- #31 Jr. and Jako first came to the orphanage 4 years ago as did Marwin,age15. Each of their backgrounds are tragic. Today, they are doing well in school. They love the Lord, read their Bibles daily and do well in school.
- #32 Let us apply the numbers to our own families. Our families have a great heritage in Christ. At times, our aspirations reach the starts.
- #33 Though their accommodations are bare bones, the children are thankful that they have somewhere they can call home. A place where there is structure, respect and safety. A place where God is glorified and the gospel spread.
- #35 Again, seeds are being planted.
- #39 If we thus serve God, and do good with what we have, it is promised that the Lord our God will bless us in all the works of our land. Please visit our website at www.streetkidspm. See our language links on our service page and prayerfully consider visiting us soon. We are also on Facebook under Dalisay Dwinells and our posts are automatically loaded, so join befriend us and join our cause.