Passion of Braves

The Hope Braves is a basketball team that desires to give everything and to play hard at the time of its games. But the players do not simply play, they play with passion, and with the fruit of spirit. They play with the passion of Jesus Christ in their hearts. 

The Hope Braves won, back to back, five championships in the month of January, 2013. The team believes God wants them to be winners because they deserve it. They could not have imagined that they would return to their school with the title of "Champion."

As you can see in the photos, their opponents were tall. Because of God’s will, however, they won. God did not let them lose in those championships, because they were there to honor Him.The Hope team do not play to be famous in the eyes of people, but they play because they want to glorify the name of the Father who is in Heaven.
In the last game, which was the most exciting of all, they faced many challenges. It was a close game and their opponents were very skilled. There were injuries on both teams. 


But in the end, the Braves won. Their coach encouraged them to play, not for themselves, but for God. And that’s what they did. They won and hopefully will continue to win in the Future. 

Being Part of a New Family

I’ve been a part of a family of angels since august 2010. I started attending a Bible Study, every Monday night with Ate Josie Long. After the Bible study, we always had food cooked by Ate Malou, one of the workers at the YMC. The Bible study was one of my favorite things to go to.

June 4, 2011, 23 angels and I moved into a condo with Ate Josie Long.   We lived there for a month. After that month, Ate Josie Long decided to move us into a new "Josie’s Angels Home." There are now a lot of girls staying here at what we call JAZ (Josie's Anegls Zone).

Being away from my real family is too hard. I miss my little nephew and my little niece who always use to beg me, “Auntie Auntie play with us." And I miss my whole family too. But I need to stay away from them, for many reasons.

The first reason is that they don’t know God. Because they don’t know God, they would always hurt me, especially when they drank alcohol. The second reason is that they don’t have money to pay for my education and they cannot provide for my everyday needs. The third reason is that I did not feel that they loved me well. They did not treat me like one of their family members. Instead, they treated me like a maid. I was the one who always cleaned the house. If I did not cook food or clean, my uncle would hurt me.

But, being a part of the family of angels, I feel God wants me to be happy. He gave me a new family. A family who can love me, and a family who can hug me if I have a problem, and a family who can understand me. Here, I feel I can better experience and serve the God I love.