Proclaiming the Same Gospel Message from odium to neighborhood

Angelica Pugoy and her son after
signing an enrollment form

There’s always hope to those who needed hope. " Blessed is the man that trust in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is" -Jer.  17:7

    Imagine a mother age 37 and her son age 13 are classmates. Together they enrolled in Alternative Learning System (ALS) program in one of the Companion With Poor church planting ministry in Dulong Bayan, San Mateo. Along with 38 more students from Sitio Ibayo ALS learning center, we started the non-formal education program to reach those Out-of-School from the community. 

     Sitio Ibayo is a cluster of around 500 households, living in isolated-like community. When water rises in San Matoe-Marikina River, the residents were not able to cross and force to walk for almost two hours via Brgy Silangan in Quezon to get to their work place. 

    Pastor Eric Cubillo and his team along with Nena Nanaga, started reaching out to the community since January 2021. When the typhoon Ulysses severely hit the community, several houses were washout by flood water, the team intervened by providing relief goods and some roofing materials. Since then, the team is activity performing the mandates the Lord had in their hearts to share love of God. Alternative Learning System is one of the components of the church planting project along with livelihoods and skills training.