Christmas Messages from GreenEarth Scholars 2017

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Middle School and High School “Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol
him, all peoples! For great is his
To My Dearest Donors, steadfast love toward us, and the
faithfulness of the Lord endures
Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year to forever. Praise the Lord!”
you!
Psalm 117


I would like to share with you that I am now in
Grade 10 here in John J. Russell Memorial High School.
I am very thankful to the Lord that He is always here
with me to help me with my studies and for using you
to help us. Also, I’m grateful that I am now part of
the Music Team in our service. I’m one of the singers
who leads our community in singing praises to God.



Wishing you and your loved ones God’s wonderful
gifts of faith, hope, peace, and love at Christmas-time
and always.



May God’s blessings be with you.

Love,

“Every good gift and every perfect To my beloved donors,
gift is from above, and cometh Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!
down from the Father of lights, I am very thankful to the Lord that He always hears
with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning.” my prayers. I also thank Him for all the blessings that
He gives me. You are one of those beautiful blessings!
James 1:17 God is using you to help me. Thank you very much!

I am now in grade 9. This year is really a busy one!
But I will not give up. I know that God is with me. He
will never leave me nor forsake me. Also, I’m happy to
share that I am now learning how to play drums. It’s
challenging yet I am enjoying playing the drums.

May you and your family have a peaceful
Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love,

To my dear sponsors and donors, “Every good gift and every
Thank you for everything. Thank you for the perfect gift is from above,
and cometh down from the
support, love, and help that you give to me and to the Father of lights, with whom
other children. is no variableness, neither

I am now in grade 7. I especially love studying shadow of turning.”
lessons in Math, English, and TLE. I love reading books-
like the Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne. James 1:17
It is my dream to be an English teacher someday. I
would like to teach the children to be not afraid and
instead, be confident of using this universal language.

I am so glad that God uses people like you to help
us. I pray for good health and safety for you and your
family.

I promise that I will do my best. I will study hard.
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Love much,

“Glory to God in the highest, and on To my dear sponsors and donors,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
earth peace, good will toward men.” Thank you for helping me and supporting me.
Luke 2:14 I am so thankful to God because He uses you to help
a poor child like me. I will study hard so you can
be really proud of me. I will give my best because
I don’t want to waste the blessings that you are
sharing with me.
I am a grade 10 student. My favorite subject
is English. I do know that I’m not yet really good
in communicating using this language. But, soon,
I believe that I can speak in English clearly and
fluently.
When I go to college, I want to study about
business. I’d like to have my own company someday.
So, I really need to study hard. I am hopeful that
there is a bright future for me.
I pray to God that in your daily lives, He will
give you strength, guidance and peace. May you and
your family be always filled with joy.
Thank you,

To my dearest sponsors,
A blessed day!
I just want to greet you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and

A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Nothing makes me happier than to
share this happy season with you.

I would love to share with you that I am now in Grade 10
at D.C. Nicolas Sr. School. I know how to play the guitar. Now,
I’m learning how to play the piano. I’m happy and thankful for
this opportunity to learn playing such musical instruments.

Hoping that you will feel the love of God this Christmas
and the peace that He brings this coming New Year!

I am really thankful that God uses you as an instrument
to bless me. I wish that all of your prayers will be answered.
May your faith with God continue to grow and to bear fruits.

Again, MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW
YEAR!!!
Sending you warm hugs and kisses,

“Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable
Gift--that is Jesus Christ our Lord.”
2 Corinthians 9:15

“This is the day that the College
Lord has made, let us
rejoice and be glad in it.” To my dearest donors,
THANK YOU SO much for another year of love
Psalm 118:24 and joy that you’ve shared with me
This year was another one filled with ups and
downs and hills and valleys but thank God for His
grace---I have survived!.
I would like you to know that I’m very grateful
to God that I ranked number 8 in the Top 10 Most
Outstanding Finance Students of the Year at my
university.

This would not be possible without you
investing in me. You support means so much!
May your Christmas Season be filled with
unending love of God. I pray for blessings upon
blessings for your family. May God continue to
reveal more of Himself to you day by day!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Love, joy and peace,

Gerald

To my Dear Benefactors: “The God of hope fill you with all joy and
Merry Christmas!!! peace in believing that ye may abound in hope,
It’s Christmas time again and I would like great you
through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
with my heartfelt compliments of the season!
As this year closes, just thought I’d also share with you Romans 15:13

some highlights and updates about myself. I am now in 5th
year Accountancy and I must say that it’s been a challenging
year for me. It is a year of stretching, of endurance and most of
all a year where I got to know the Lord even more. For when
I am weak, He is strong indeed. There are two more semesters
for me to go until I finish my course and will be reviewing for
my boards after.

Thank you for being part of my journey of faith! I will be
forever grateful to you. Please know that I am always praying
for you and your family. May you be blessed this Christmas
even more—good health and long life! And let us not forget
that He is the reason for the season.
Sincerely,
Renz A. Hernandez

“Sing to the Lord a new song, play
skillfully and shout for joy.”

Psalm 33: 3

Joshua Belarmino was accepted by the UST To my kindest donors,
Conservatory of Music just this schoolyear--SY
2017-2018! Glad tidings today!
He plays the piano, drums, and is now fascinated
with learning the saxophone. Material things I have none, but my gift
to you is my commitment to maximize every
opportunity that you have given me.

May the peace that only Christ brings be
yours this special season.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love,

Joshua Belarmino

DLSAU Scholars of GreenEarth

“Enter His Gates with thanksgiving, To my most generous benefactors:
And His courts with praise. Give Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
thanks to Him; bless His name!” This Christmas, there are a lot of things to be thankful for.
My biggest blessing this year is at last, after 9 years
Psalm 100:4
since my HS graduation, I am going to college at last,
enormous thanks to De La Salle Araneta University, who
gave me a scholarship in the College of Agriculture.

Because I have been a farmer-beneficiary of
GreenEarth, I received this blessing.

And to the kind donors who are supporting my needs
at DLSAU, please know that I am thanking the LORD for
you each day.

This Christmas day, let's spread love, joy and peace.

Much love and joy,

RICHARD A. HERNANDEZ

Dearest Kind Donors: “The Lord is my strength and my
sheild;in Him my heart trusts,and i
Everyday we go through our struggles in am helped. My heart exults,and with
life, but the LORD Jesus never failed to keep us
strong. my song I igive thanks to him.”

We acknowledge you for supporting our Psalm 28:7
needs.

All my heart wishes to say is "May the Good
Lord bless you this Christmas."

Thank you very much for everything!

Respectfully,

Joel Domingo

"He is like a tree planted by streams of T HAN K YOU our beloved donors!
water, which yields its fruits in season and How you’ve changed my life.
I can’t put it in words but my heart knows
whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he that I am forever indebted to you.
does prospers". Praying for a happy holiday and a blessed
year ahead.
PSALMS 1:3 M ERRY CH RIS T MAS AN D A V ERY
HAP P Y N EW YEAR!
Sincerely,

Raquel

Dearest Friends and Kind Donors: " But he said to me, my grace is sufficient
Words are not enough to express how grateful I for you, for my power is made perfect in

am today, for all the unexpected blessings I received weakness. Therefore I will boast all the
this year,-----first having the opportunity to receive a more gladly about my weaknesses, so that
scholarship at De La Salle Araneta University with the
Second, having great support from my GreenEarth Christ's power may rest on me".
family which helps a lot to improve myself through its 2 Corinthians 12:9
guidance each day.

I thank God for everything. I’m nothing withouth
him; my life is filled with His grace and mercy.

This blessed Season we celebrate His ultimate gift!
Let us bring Him praise and exalt him to the highest for
His goodness and greatness in this land of the living”.

Have a blessed Chistmas and a blissful new year!
With much joy and gratitude,

Mark Angelo Baylon

“Better to be criticized by a wise To my dear donors,
person than to be praised by fool.”

ECCLESIASTES 7:5

Your great help and assistance means so
much to me.

Time has flown by so quickly, we who
are at DLSAU have already finished two terms
on our freshman year.

l wish you and your family good health
and a wonderful and memorable Cristmas.

Thank you very much!



Jay-R Tonogbanua

To our beloved donors: " For every creature of God is good,
Warm greetings from Salikneta Farm! and nothing is to be refused if it is
I just want to express my heartfelt gratitude and received with thanksgiving".
1 TIMOTHY 4:4
say thank you for supporting me in my studies here
in DLSAU .

MARAMING MARAMI PONG SALAMAT!
MALIGAYANG PASKO SA INYONG LAHAT !
I wish you a bountilful New Year!
Love,

Kisha Mae Baylon

JV Realisan has loved computers way back Dear Kind Donors of GreenEarth,
early childhood . He is a self-made IT person who has Happy Holidays!
been earning a living through his passion. Wishing you all the best this Yuletide Season.
May the Good Lord bless your generosity and continuous
For the last 7 years, he has helped GreenEarth
in many ways---from miscellaneous office tasks to IT support for the students of GreenEarth Heritage Foundation.
problem-solving of all kinds. I have been blessed to be a part of GreenEarth's scholars

"Kuya JV" is all the scholars' go-to person for this schoolyear. I am very thankful for being chosen to receive
their computer dilemmas. support from the donors of GreenEarth to help with my school
expenses, for me to fulfill my yearning to obtain a college degree
In 2016, JV has been blessed to qualify for a full at long last. I was unable to finish college because I made a lot
tuition scholarship grant at BASAP (Blessed Arnold of wrong decisions at an early age. I realize now that I have to
Scholarship Assistance Program) at the De La Salle be a good example to my kids and higher education will help
College of St. Benilde. He just completed his first me move up the ranks in my work. No matter how hard it is to
year in their undergraduate Business program and he balance work, studies and family, I pray for GOD's strength not
has been on the dean's list for two consecutive terms. to waste this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity He has given me to
He is now on the first term of his sophomore year. correct the mistakes in my life, be able to graduate and be a good
example and provider for my family.
We credit JV for helping us conquer our internet
connectivity issues at our farm and Learning Center at THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ME AND FOR ALL OF US
the Sierra Madre foothills back in 2011. His ingenuity AT GREENEARTH!
has helped us build our own low-cost WI-FI network
which was commended by a Gates Foundation 2013 I pray that you and your family will receive joy and peace this
ATLA Reviewer as "exemplary in its innovation and Christmas season.
networking".
Marami pong salamat and God bless you all!

“ A gene rous pe rson wi ll prosp er; Sincerely,
whoever refreshes others will be
r efreshe d.” JV Realisan
P roverbs 11:25

Dearest Kind Sponsors,

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!

This season reminds me of the love, encouragement and
support you have and are giving me. Thank you very much for being
so mightily used by God as channels of His blessings and grace.

As you may know, I graduated from high school in May of
this year and I am now on the 7th month of my pre-Harvard gap
year. There are so many things that are keeping me happily busy and
I wish to share some of them with you!

EDUCATIONAL: I am reading as much as I can about a
wide variety of topics. Right now, I am reading the New York Times-
-Guide to Essential Knowledge and foreign newspapers such as the
New York Times and the Financial Times. I am also watching free
Math tutorials online to help me close my learning gaps in the subject.

LIFE-PRACTICAL: One of the many things I am very
excited about going to college is the prospect of being independent.
I understand it will be challenging so as early as now, I am trying to
prepare. I am learning how to drive, cook, do my own laundry, etc.

LIFE-ENRICHING: I have conducted a few theater sessions
for my fellow scholars, who are also farmers' children at GreenEarth.
Just this month, I taught the kids how to make Christmas trees using old
magazines--how they loved the activity! Right now, I am also learning
how to play the guitar. Lastly, I am doing some travelling around the
country, based on the resources available in our foundation and that
which I can raise.

“One thing I have desired of the Lord, this My motivation for travelling is to be familiar with the cultures,
only do I seek; that I may dwell in the traditions and everything the Philippines has to offer so that I can be a
good ambassador for my country at Harvard University and represent
house of the Lord all the days of my life ...” it well.

Psalm 27:4 During this gap year, I am blessed to be able to fulfill my
desire to offer a message of hope, through my God-given story, to
thousands of rural poor and youth groups around the country, who
are buried deep in destitution, hopelessness and despair. So far,
through the goodness of the Lord, I have been to Bulacan, Isabela,
Quezon Province and I am scheduled to go to Bicol early this month.

Words cannot express how much I am enjoying my time off. I
pray that the second half of my gap year will be even more fun, more
educational and more life-enriching.

I wish to keep you posted about my gap year trips and activities
so I invite you to follow my Facebook page, I Hear My Country
Calling, where I post all my reflections.

Once again, THANK YOU very much for all that you have
done and are doing to help me grow and succeed holistically. I pray
that love, joy and peace will warm your household this Christmas and
may this warmth remain with you throughout the coming year.

With much love and gratitude,





Rom

To my beloved donors, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget
not all His benefits .”
Time quickly passes by. It’s been almost a year since I Psalm 103:1-5
graduated from college. Many have changed but I would
like to let you know that I would not cease to thank you for Jerouszel graduated with a degree in Business
investing in my life. Management from the University of the East in the
last quarter of 2016. In January 2017, she gained
Transitioning from a student to a young professional was employment as a Data Analyst at Willis Towers Watson.
a bit hard for me at the first quarter of the year. But I thanked
God because I have a supportive family and GreenEarth family.
I am now living in the world of work - the real world, as they
say. Thank you for making me live in a whole new world.

This is the season to prepare myself for the greater things
that God has in store for me. And I won’t be able to be here
where I am now if not for you. Your helping hand and kind
heart made a big difference not just in my life but also in my
entire family.

As you celebrate the glory of this miraculous season,
may your home be filled with love, peace, and joy. May these
blessings follow you throughout the New Year.

Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Love,


Jerouszel

"Now Faith is being sure of Dear Donors,
what we hope for and certain of A blessed Christmas and Bountiful New Year
ahead.
what we do not see." I am thankful to the Lord for the blessings
- Hebrews 11:1 you have shared with us this past year. May the
spirit of the holiday season fill your hearts with joy
Louie John graduated from the University and peace.
of St. La Salle with a degree in Business This year has been a year of unexpected
Administration, major in Operations blessings for me and for my family. One of the
Management in 2015. greatest blessings this year is I celebrated my 2nd
In July of the same year, he was accepted to anniversary in my job. Also, our family is thankful
the position of Production Analyst at Willis because my sister will be graduating from high
Towers Watson. school in March next year.
Again, thank you very much for all that you've
done for our foundation this year. May the good
Lord Jesus Christ bless you a thousandfold more.
Warmest,

Louie John Diaz