Hi friends!
It’s a pleasure to share what God is doing through our
Educare Learning Center. We are so blessed to connect with you, and we are glad
to update you about our ministry.
God is so good! When we started the Educare Learning Center
this school year we were so excited to teach the kids and we are so thankful to
God because He provided everything that we have this year, including the
curriculum materials that we are using now. Last April 9-20, 2012 we attended a
2-week training for teachers and we learned a lot from such an extensive
seminar. In those two weeks we witnessed God’s provision and miracles into this
ministry because in that training they had the complete curriculum and teaching
materials for teachers, which costs P25, 000.00 ($581). After a week of the
training, my leader Kristofer Purificacion, known as Toph, talked to me about
the funds that we have for this ministry, because I am willing and hoping to
teach the kids this curriculum but honestly we don’t have enough funds to buy
the materials. After we talked, I prayed to God and cried out to Him to provide
for our needs. Then the next day the director of the foundation talked to us
and said they are willing to give us the materials for free! I am so shocked
from what happened that I really cried while the director is telling us about
our passion to teach the kids. God is so FAITHFUL!!!!! TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!
Now we are using the new materials and also the curriculum,
and I am so proud to be a teacher of these little cute kids. I am the only one
teacher of Educare Learning Center, so I am teaching Phonics, Math, Science,
Geography, Language, and SSRW (Sing, Spell, Read and Write).
The Educare Learning Center started last June 19, 2012. We
have 10 students in our class ages 4-6 years old; all of them are living in an
urban poor community. We run our class at 9am-11am, and everyday two of our
volunteers (Rico and Raymond) pick up the kids from their home, and their
mothers are contributing 60 pesos ($2) per week for the gas of our vehicle that
we our using. We only have class every Tuesday to Friday, and the kids are
always excited to go to school. They love stories and playing games but it’s
always connected to our lesson. This month of June we taught them how to sing
our National Anthem (Lupang Hinirang) and we will teach them all the pledges
included the Pledge to the Christian flag and also the Pledge to the Bible. On
the first week of class the kids are so silly but the other are quiet, but all of
them are good. These kids inspire me a lot, and I am so blessed to have them.
If you are the Teacher, expect a million times that your student will call your
name. The kids love to call their teacher even if they don’t have anything to
ask, they just like to see that your attention is on them because you are
important to them! I like being with them even if they’re too silly, silly but
sweet! I thank God because he called me to be a teacher. Last week, I was
talking to the administrator of the foundation about the workbooks of our
students. Each of them needs 6 books, but the bundle costs P1, 400 ($32), and
we have 10 kids so it will cost P14, 000.00 ($326). But we only have P5, 000
($116) from our funds for the books, so I let the administrator know our situation.
Then the next day she called me to let me know that we can get the 10 sets for
our students for just P5, 000.00 ($116). When I hung up the phone I cried to
God. I thanked Him for all of His miracles and for choosing me to witness His
miracles. I believe this is not the last but this is the first surprise from
the Lord and I am so excited for the next miracle to come into this ministry!
Kindly pray for this.
Here are the specific needs of the Educare Learning Center:
- Assistant Teacher/Volunteers.
- Fund for teacher’s uniform
- Fund for partition for the room of Educare.
- Fund for laminating the cards for teaching.
It is truly our joy to serve God’s Kingdom by teaching His
beloved children. Through our hard work, dedication, and care, we believe that
we are developing and discipling future leaders who will make a difference in
their community. The Educare Learning Center is truly an investment in the
community and in the Kingdom of our Lord. We pray that you can join us in this
investment through your own compassionate support - prayerfully and/or
financially. If you would like to know how you can send support, please contact
me, Tin Ramos, by email at tintinramos_babzkey_jkkcc@yahoo.com or phone at
09072229267.
Teacher Tin Tin Ramos
