Tuesday, June 2, 2009

ARFS Foundation of the Philippines


This is a new page I am working on for the ARFS Foundation
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My mother died when I was only six years old, I wanted to go to school so bad but my father wouldn’t let me because we were poor and he couldn’t afford to send me to school even though it was only public school. We had no money for any school supplies and we were disparate need of food. At the time, when I turned eight I became an orphan to a missionary leader name Ruben Ecleo Sr. He was the founder of PBMA which means Philippines Benevolent Missionary Association. I lived with his family but I had to work hard to stay in their house. It was during then that I learned everything at a very young age such as such as cooking, cleaning the house, and do laundry (hand washing). I had a really tough time then but I stayed strong and had faith to our Lord God, then eventually as years flew by I met my husband Mark Bartholomy. He helped me move to Hawaii and live a better life, where I am now still working hard as a massage therapist.
Goal: My goal is to help out kids who are in great need, especially those who want education. I want to give them a bright future because it reminds me of where I came from and how I got to where I am today.
Dreams: My dreams are to build my own boarding school so that I can help kids get a guaranteed education. I want to help kids who are wondering around the streets because it breaks my heart to see them like that and to remember that I was one of them before. Currently I am helping out 50 students from pre-school to college, and it’s all up to them to build their future. It makes me very happy to see or know that a student of mine graduated and achieve their goal, so please brothers and sisters help me support all these children. I have photos of every one of them if you want to sponsor or give a donation, every year you will be able to get an update on how they are doing and they will write to you. There are many children that are cold and unfortunately some die from hunger. Please take a moment and think how blessed we are from God. We have a house to live in, a comfortable bed to sleep in, a cozy blanket to keep us warm throughout the night and surplus amount of food. We are definitely very blessed, but some people out there think that they are not blessed because their financial troubles. We always have to count on blessings and don’t count the things that we don’t have. As for me, I really want shelter for those children badly, give them endless food and warm clothes. Brothers and sisters I am reaching to your heart right now, if u or anyone you know have un-wanted clothes, food, computer or any technological items, school supplies, and extra dollar please help these children. Every dollar you give will help in as much way as it can and also it will put a big smile on their faces that will melt your heart.
ARFS FoundationSurigao City, Philippines info@AuntieRebeccasMassageSchool.com

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