“In Chinese families, the desire to have a son is very strong…to pass on the family name,” began Glenn Yu. He and his wife, Jackie, already had two daughters. After five years without any further pregnancies, they were motivated to have another child and prayed for a baby boy; however, Jackie developed endometriosis and PCOS…
Category: Testimonies (God’s Story in People’s Lives)
Even With a Death Sentence, You Can Have Full Life: Jing Egenias
In 1987, Raquel “Jing” Egenias underwent a hysterectomy at the age of twenty-seven. She felt downcast that her hope to have future children was gone. She had turned down her friend, Liza Buising’s many invitations to attend a bible study at AIM (Asian Institute of Management) where Ptr. Vic Quisumbing taught weekly. This time, she…
Exchange At The Cross, Abandoned Becomes Abundant
Her husband left her eighteen years ago to fend for herself and their children. All the deep pain, betrayal, rejection, abandonment, anger — the cataclyscmic mess she was left to deal with—-has since been taken to the Place of Exchange…. the cross of Christ. With her permission, I am sharing this letter to give hope to BITS…
Second Chance at Mothering for a Woman In Uniform: Col. Thelma Borromeo
As a civilian, I have taken for granted what our countrymen in uniform give up from their personal lives in order to serve our country. For every corrupt or infamous government servant, there are so many others who faithfully do their duty at the expense of family life. Col.Thelma M. Borromeo (or Ate Thelma to…
Why Reveal Sad Things?
Would anyone really want to talk about being raped? After finally overcoming the trauma, getting healed, and moving on, would it be something nice to talk about? Someone was heartbroken listening to Joy Tanchi talk about what happened to her in the past and asked, “Why is it that you have to share it all over…
Embracing God’s Purpose for Your Child with Special Needs: Malu Tiongson-Ortiz
The common initial reaction of a parent upon finding out that her child has Down Syndrome is … “disappointment,” says Malu Tiongson-Ortiz, mother of 27-year old Clarissa. “There are mixed feelings— anger, despair… masakit talaga, eh (It’s really painful). I felt that something was lost. At the same time I was happy because I have a…
Loss of Job, Loss of Identity Leads to Fulfilling Career: Grace Chong
Grace D. Chong was Executive Vice President of Dentsu Young and Rubicam, a Japanese-American advertising joint venture in Asia. But when Young and Rubicam was purchased by WPP and Dentsu went with Publicis, the Manila office was dissolved in 2004 and employees were asked to retire. After being a successful career woman all her life,…
Katherine “Kata” Inocencio Part 3 : A Private Loving Message For Wives and Mistresses
Part of God’s story in the life of Kata Inocencio is that she once became a mistress. She has since come to know the Lord, accepted Jesus as her Savior AND made Jesus The Lord (a.k.a. Master) of her life. She gave up that wrong relationship. She went through public discipline in her church, confessed her…
Katherine “Kata” Inocencio Part 2: God’s Word as Guide
Link to Part 1: Declared Pure and Innocent Kata Inocencio felt called out of her fifteen-year enviable job at the high profile TV network, ABS-CBN, to become a missionary in Israel. Hard to understand such a move but Kata had already surrendered her life to the Lord by this time. Highly competent and proactive as…
Katherine “Kata” Inocencio Part 1: Declared Pure and Innocent
Katherine “Kata” Inocencio is very likeable and easily loveable. She is lively and fun. Her FB photos and posts often make me smile or chuckle. What strikes me about her is her childlike (not childish!) quality. Later, I would find out that she is so aptly named because Katherine Inocencio means “Pure and Innocent”. And so she…
BUTTERFLY IN THE SPRING 