POVERTY

EVERYDAY I SEE POVERTY IN THE FORM OF POOR FAMILIES ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE, FOR THEY HAVE NOTHING TO FEED THEIR CHILDREN.


I SEE POVERTY AS A CHILD WHO SLEEPS ON THE STREET, WHO HAVE ABOUT ONE MEAL A DAY, IF SOMEONE WILL HAVE COMPASSION TO GIVE THAT CHILD SOMETHING.


I SEE POVERTY ON A DISPLACED TRIBE OF BADJAO ROAMING THE STREETS, ASKING FOOD AND MONEY.


I SEE POVERTY IN A MOTHER WHO HAS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO HELP HER CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL, OR EVEN EAT MEALS, IN SPITE OF BEST EFFORTS.


I SEE POVERTY IN A WORKER WHO IS GIVEN P100 AS PAYMENT OF THE DAY'S WORK. THAT WORKER HAS TO PAY FOR MEALS AND IT IS A SAD THING TO KNOW THAT AT TIMES, THAT WORKER WILL SACRIFICE MEALS JUST TO BRING HOME SOME MONEY.


I SEE POVERTY IN THE STREETS, AS A MAN WHO HAVE LOST HIS MIND. HE BECAME A GREASE- MAN (TAONG GRASA) BECAUSE OF POVERTY.


I SEE POVERTY IN A MAN WHO TRIES TO DO HIS WORK EVERYDAY, YET WITH HIS BEST EFFORTS, HE CAN ONLY HOUSE HIS CHILDREN AT THE SIDE OF THE CREEK, WHEREIN EVERY TIME THE FLOOD COMES THEY HAVE TO EVACUATE.


I SEE POVERTY IN CHILDREN WHO COLLECTS PLASTIC BOTTLES, TO SELL THEM FOR P50 A SACK, JUST TO HAVE SOME MONEY FOR RICE AND SOME MEALS.


I SEE POVERTY IN CHILDREN ASKING HELP FOR THEM TO BUY RICE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.


I SEE POVERTY IN WOUNDED/ SICK STREET CHILDREN, WHO ASKS FOR HELP, FOR THEM TO GET CURED.


I SEE POVERTY AS A PERSON AND NOT JUST A SITUATION.


I SEE POVERTY IN EVERYDAY LIFE.


IT HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR MISSION TO HELP THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED BY POVERTY.


BE THEY CHILDREN, MAN, WOMAN, WHOEVER THEY ARE.


AS WE MEET THEM ON THE STREETS, WE HELP THEM.


IN THIS HUMBLE WAY, WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO EASE THEIR BURDEN.


WHAT WE GIVE THEM IS A LITTLE HOPE, FOR THEM TO HOLD ON TO LIVE.


I KNOW THAT THEIR LIFE WOULD BE PROBABLY SHORT- THEY ARE DEPRIVED IN MANY WAYS.


IN SPITE OF HAVING NO SUPPORT FROM CORPORATIONS, COMPANIES, POLITICIANS, RICH, KNOWN, INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE, WE CONTINUE ON THE DAILY OUTREACH TO HELP THEM SURVIVE.


WHAT WE HAVE IS THE HELP OF GOD, AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD, WHO HAS MERCY AND COMPASSION IN THEIR HEARTS.


TO THESE COMPASSIONATE AND MERCIFUL PEOPLE, HUMBLE AS THEY ARE, ARE THE ONE'S WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR BLESSINGS JUST TO HELP THE LEAST OF OUR BRETHREN SURVIVE.


MAY GOD BLESS US AND HELP US CONTINUE OUR DAILY MISSION WORKS IN SPITE OF LACKING HELP AND FUNDING.


MAY WE CONTINUE ON SERVING GOD THIS WAY, EVEN AGAINST ALL ODDS, MAY WE BE ABLE TO HELP THE POOR EVEN WITH JUST A LITTLE HELP EVERY DAY.


UNLIKE OTHERS, WE HAVE LITTLE, AND WITH THE LITTLE WE HAVE, WE SHARE TO THOSE WHO ARE POOR.


MANY WILL SHARE ONLY IF THEY HAVE MUCH, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT EVEN SHARE EVEN IF THEY ARE MUCH BLESSED IN LIFE.


TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE, WE ARE POSTING THE OUTREACH THAT WE DO EVERYDAY.


EVEN AS WE ARE JUDGED, LET THIS BLOG TESTIFY TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.


EVERYWHERE WE GO IN THE PHILIPPINES, WE WILL MEET THE POOR.


THE MAJORITY OF OUR POPULATION CAN BE CONSIDERED POOR, AND THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY CONTINUES TO MANY GENERATIONS.


THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, THE RISING COSTS OF BASIC NECESSITIES, THE LACK OF EARNING OPPORTUNITIES LEAVE THE POOR ON DESPERATE SITUATIONS.


IN MY OPINION, WE CAN NEVER BLAME THE POOR FOR BEING POOR.


IT IS QUITE EXCEPTIONAL FOR FEW WHO ARE POOR TO RISE UP AND IMPROVE THE STATUS OF THEIR LIVES.


SUCH A FEAT CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH GOD'S HELP, SO MANY SACRIFICES FROM LOVED ONES AND FAMILY,  LUCK, AND AT THE DARKER SIDE, THROUGH DISHONEST MEANS.


THEREFORE, AS WE CONDUCT MISSIONARY AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO HELP THE POOR AND THE NEEDY, I REMIND MYSELF THAT THEY ARE NOT TO BLAME FOR WHAT THEY HAVE BECOME.


INSTEAD, WHAT I PUT IN MY MIND IS GOD.


I PUT IN MY MIND AND MY HEART THAT THEY ARE THE LEAST OF THE BRETHREN OF GOD.


WHATEVER WE DO TO THEM, WE DO TO OUR LORD AND KING.


SHARING THEIR SUFFERINGS EVERYDAY, I CAME TO REALIZE THAT GOD REALLY IS THERE.


WHY? I FEEL GOD'S PRESENCE EVERYDAY IN SERVING THE LEAST OF OUR BRETHREN.


IT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE GOD IS THERE.


EVEN AT TIMES I AM ALSO SUFFERING A LOT BECAUSE OF LIMITATIONS OF FUNDS TO HELP THEM, THERE IS GOD, WHO CARES, AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FOR OUR LOVE FOR HIM.


I HAVE REALIZED THAT FOR A PERSON TO COME NEARER TO GOD, ONE MUST HAVE MERCY, COMPASSION AND LOVE, EVEN TO THE LEAST OF OUR BRETHREN.


GOD'S PRESENCE IS UPON THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.


IN THEIR LACK OF MATERIAL WEALTH, GOD HAS GIVEN THEM THE RICHNESS OF SPIRIT.


THEY ARE UNDERGOING VERY HARD TIMES IN THEIR LIVES, AND AT THESE TIMES THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR HEARTS, EVEN AT THE WORST OF SITUATIONS.


I PRAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE ON HELPING THE LEAST OF OUR BRETHREN, AS WE LIVE.


MAY GOD HELP US CONTINUE ON.


TO GOD I OFFER EVERYTHING.


TO GOD I TRUST.