Story from IT Tender (taken from YM Newsletter)

Anjo is one of the kids from a family we are helping in the community of Sucat. He lives together with his parents and three siblings. They usually beg in the street to get enough money for their food. Knowing that they only live in the street, they don’t have bills to pay, but food is the main reason why they beg for money from people walking in the street. Since, Anjo’s parents don’t have decent work, they feel stuck in a poor community within a busy city. They are relying solely on what people give them.



Then one day, Anjo's mother was invited to attend our IT Tender Women's Camp. It was a big turning point in her life, because God used this camp to open her eyes and to move her heart. At the camp, she expressed her desire to send her son, Anjo, to school. Even Anjo really desires to go to school. The sad part is that she knows what her desires entail and that she can't fulfill them. And the more she knows it, the bigger and bigger problem grows in her eyes because of the reality of where she is. Though she knows how huge the challenge is for her to send Anjo to school, she is relying on what she learned from IT Tender Women's Camp. She knows God answers prayers.



After she expressed and presented her desire, one of her counselors donated a certain amount of money, enough for Anjo’s school supplies and other requirements needed in his school. When she returned from camp, she shared the news with Anjo. It was a touching scene to see Anjo’s big smile after he heard the great news from his mother. He is very excited and thankful. Even his mother is so thankful to know that God heard her prayers. Anjo is now enrolled in a school and enjoying life as a student. It is amazing to see him transformed from being a street kid, dirty and bare-footed, and now a good-looking boy with his school uniform and with so many hopes inside his smile.



This is a big encouragement to us as we continue to bless the community, and they are people with lives changed. Anjo and his family is one huge testimony of God’s love, and that is the message we bring, we preach and we are sharing to people. Anjo’s story is enough for us to continue doing what we are doing. We are thankful to God for the changes he makes in people's lives. To Him be all the glory.