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"Feeding Liezle's Potential" (Philippines)
ALO Update Vol 14 No 2

Bulua, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines—The course of Liezle’s life was forever altered when she was just seven years old. A feeding station established by Childcare Compassion Ministries Philippines (CCMP) in conjunction with a local Assemblies of God church gave food to the malnourished child and nurtured something deeper.

Liezle loved going to the feeding station—not only for the physical food she needed so much, but for the spiritual food as well. She listened intently to the Bible stories and participated fully in all the lessons and songs.

The ALO-assisted feeding station did more than fill Liezle’s empty belly for a few hours: it helped feed Liezle’s hope for the future—and her hunger for Jesus. Even after the feeding program ended in her area, Liezle stayed involved in the local church.

The provision Liezle found in Jesus reached out to touch her family too. Liezle’s father, Harry, is now the pastor of the church that assisted them with CCMP’s help. Knowing the importance and power of the feeding stations, Liezle’s father applied to have a CCMP station launched in the same location so another generation of struggling children—and their families—might find hope and help in Jesus.

Now a beautiful, committed young woman of fifteen, Liezle teaches younger children the same Bible stories she heard at the same feeding station she attended when she was seven. Her goal is to follow someday in her father’s footsteps and be a “Bible woman.” She has a heart for the needy children all around her. “I am greatly motivated and moved by the compassion and wonderful services of CCMP to the less fortunate children all over the Philippines.”

Liezle thanks all the staff and supporters who make the feeding stations possible and prays for their good health and blessings. “By God’s grace and blessings, we now have a better life than before,” Liezle says with gratitude. She adds, “I want the program to continue so that many lives will draw near to Jesus and ask for forgiveness.”