MIMAROPAhayagan 2018 1st Sem

Once again, she thought of
giving up but the people
believing in her ignite her desire
to continue with her dreams.
And although Jonathan, her
brother, went back home after
they graduate in high school,
Juda went on with her journey
as a student.
“Sa totoo lang po napaisip
din ako noon kung itutuloy
ko ba kasi pataas na nang
pataas yung level at pahirap
na rin nanga pahirap. Minsan
natatakot ako nab aka ganun
ulit ang mangyari sa akin
(The truth is I think of whether
continuing because the
difficulty is getting high as I
leap from one educational
stage to another. Sometimes,
I fear that those things might
happen again),” she said.
Once again eager to
experience and learn new
things, Juda took up Bachelor
of Elementary Education
at the Western Philippines
University in Puerto Princesa.
After years of staying away
from home, Juda became
confident of having new
friends.
This time, she discovered
that in college, all of them
are unique and no one will
indicate their faults of being
different.
Getting Support
When Juda was in college,
YWAM continued supporting
her needs financially but there
are still those times when she
thought of getting a job to at
least acquire even a small
amount of money to help her
family in the mountains and
buy other things she needs
in school. This is because the
allowance given to her, is still
not enough for her needs as
her year level moves up.
“Wala po akong mga libro
nun. Nagpapaxerox lang
ako kapag kailangan naming
ng libro at pag may project,
hihintayin kong matapos
mga kaklase ko para ako
naman ang makagamit ng
libro (I don’t have any books
that time. I usually photocopy
pages from the books of my
classmates and when we
have projects, I wait for my
classmate to finish theirs so
I can borrow their books).”
Juda said.
It was then when Juda
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