Jeronimo!!!

    God is great! On the month of March, the day 31 of the year 2007. Moi, Julieann and mom went to the GK(gawad Kalinga) premiere movie night, and yes it was expensive but more on that later, it was a very inspiring night to say the least. It really is great to see so many people in there to support and perhaps was touched to actually one day make a difference to a family.

    And to hear all those people behind the movie to explain why they did this, is even better. Truly the Lord touched them in ways that they can never explain yet they pressed on in making about this movie. You can call me a critic and pessimist when it comes to things/events like these, in the back of my mind I was think that "ah ok, this is another propaganda, another charity that wants my money but wonder how many hands or deductions it will go through before it reaches out to the family in need, after all filipinos are like that, or another one of those spur of the moment things where people will get all excited to be in it but once the novelty wears off it’ll vanish like so many others before it, or another organization that is perhaps corrupt like the rest of the government is."

    Yet, being the catholic christian I am, I wanted to see what this one really offered and what it can do to help our less fortunate brothers and sisters, not what it can do for us, but what we, I mean WE can do to help, make a life a better. The great thing about GK is that its not part of the government(thank God), and its thinking/goal is different from that of any organization/charity. Instead of it, giving alms or money to the poor, the objective is to rehabilitate the family and give it a chance/dignity in a greater sense that GK will build you a home, now its up to you to do the next step. Its different and one that I believe will work, because I truly believe that by giving alms or money to the poor, they become spoiled and keep asking for more. And that is the wrong way of making a change, because there is literally too many and nothing accomplished by giving them money for the moment. Who knows what they are using that money for?

    Yet, GK restores my faith as a Filipino, my duty as Catholic Christian to help people in need. You actually see the results through the GK villages and it is happening fast. Often times, we get so tight with our money, but we are willing to spend it on meaningless things, and without hesitation too. Buy a new cellphone, buy a new TV, or a computer game, or the latest gadget to show to your friends, or to buy the latest fashion statement to be in. But ask yourself this question, do you really need it? Think with your heart and what you really are inside, dig deep, do you really need it? Did it make your life any better? do your so called friends have an ounce more respect to you? And when you die, do you think you will be able to bring all those to where you think you are headed? Lastly, where do you think all this gifts, whatever it is, came from?

    If for one moment, we just give a little something to someone who needs it more, then you could have very well made a difference to that person or the family. Another thing about GK is that it is not bound by religion, muslim, christian, catholic christian,and jew etc all working together towards one goal. I mean come one, its time we all stood up and be united as one and human race. I know I’m a shouting in a vast ocean here, but perhaps I can be heard as an echo. Lets stop with one reason we all are being seperated sometimes and that is our religion and in the end we are all worshipping the same God anyways, why not practice what we listen and preach.

   Why cant we be the same people that prays, acts, thinks and move inside the church whenever we are outside? I’m not perfect, nor will I ever be, but I can safely say at least for one moment in my life, I know I made a difference to a family. I don’t know them at the moment, but I want to meet them in the future and just say "thank you", I know we all have difference ways of helping, acting and supporting, but in my mind, by you reading this, I hope to have made a difference…God bless