Believing that God wanted to make a place for children of the Philippine islands to be nurtured so that they would prosper spiritually and physically in their own land, Connie Andrews and her late husband, Vernon, began the work with 4 girls in 1981.
Today there are around 55 children in 2 houses in a village near the city of Tarlac on Luzon island. The children go through Elementary School, High School and many go onto Further Education. They come from 70% of the population living under the UN poverty line.
Kathryn Thompson grew up worshipping at GBC. She now works at Rehoboth Children’s Home in the Philippines, taking care of abused, abandoned, neglected, and orphaned children.
Her main duties involve teaching the children English and giving extra support for their school work; liaising between the Rehoboth trustees and committee in the UK and the Rehoboth staff and board in the Philippines; working with and supporting the Executive Director with administrative tasks and anything else that needs doing!
She has been living and working in the Philippines for almost five years, three of them at Rehoboth.
For more information see www.rehobothchildrenshomes.org