Kuli-Kuli is a small barangay on the outskirt of Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro. It is just a few kilometers away from Abra de Ilog, one of the main sea port of Occidental Mindoro. I started to visit that place back in January 2007.

It was at that moment when a very young girl caught my attention. She was actually just about 2 ½ years old back then when I first saw her. Her name was Cinderella Benrey. (In my interview of her back in our recent Mamburao Boot Camp I happen to hear from her that she lost her shoes at the camp, so I told her that her name really fits her for like that fairy tale lady who left her shoe at the palace, she too left it somewhere. At that time a brother from the U.S. was still leading us and a number of pastors based in different places of Luzon were also with us. Today, some of us are still continuing what we do collectively back in the early years of 2000, but this time our focus is the youth and the children.

It was during our Boot Camp two years ago that I noticed a girl who look familiar to me. I realized it was that baby girl that I saw six (6) years ago and she’s already grown up and very shy too (a familiar characteristic of the Mangyans, but I know by the grace of God and through His Spirit that timidity will not remain keeping her from experiencing the kingdom of God in her life).

 I thank the Lord for with Him, no work is too big nor too small as long as His will and purpose is being pursued. Cinderella or Cindy is now in her early teen. I pray the Lord will touch you to help us help her more for we’re not merely wanting to see her again on our next Boot Camp in Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro but we wish to help her continue her studies. She said she desires to become a nurse. Now I don’t know if she’ll continue to have this desire in the near future when she completes her secondary schooling but I do know that she has a noble dream.

We not only desire to develop her into a leader in their church and their community, but also challenge her to participate in the future missional works of Project Acts Mission Challenge. Like that primitive “rice husk breaker” ( We call it “bayo” in tagalog and “dabok” in Bohol-anon) your partnership with us can bring out the precious grains from the harvest. Helping her in her studies will really encourage her to get closer to our Lord and inspire her to serve Him more.