Nineteen-year-old Maylyn Mabasag is the Project Director of the Ata Hostel for students on a mountain slope in the outskirts of Davao City, Philippines. Many girls her age are married now with children but Maylyn counts herself fortunate to have been sponsored by ICCM when she was eleven years old. Her fondest dream was to go to college. When she graduates from university, she will be the first one in her family to have acquired a college degree. Not only is she…

While I was in the Philippines for ICCM’s Southeast Asia Listening Conference last month, my friend Mary was saving up newspapers for me. The Indianapolis Star had produced a 10-column series on child trafficking. Handing me the stack of papers she said, “I think the best thing I can do in response to these horrible realities is to sponsor […]

Listening Conference My experience at the ICCM “Listening Conference ” in the Philippines was amazing! Seeing a project and meeting the staff helped me understand the ministry work so much better than emails and photos. With each ICCM project we visited, I felt one word reflected my perspective.

Nineteen-year-old Maylyn Mabasag is the Project Director of the Ata Hostel for students on a mountain slope in the outskirts of Davao City, Philippines. Many girls her age are married now with children but Maylyn counts herself fortunate to have been sponsored by ICCM when she was eleven years old. Her fondest dream was to go to college. When she graduates from university, she will be the first one in her family to have acquired a college degree. Not only is she…