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Freddy’s Fun Facts Meet Áte Doreen

• Falling coconuts present one of the Giving a Juice Box in Jesus’ Name!
biggest dangers when leaving the
Áte* Doreen, as the Bagong Simula Ministry (BSM) Filipino
city… Seriously!
• Filipinos set the table with a fork children and volunteers fondly call her, is married to Kuya**
and tablespoon but rarely with a Eugene. She has served with the ministry since 2005, starting
knife. That’s because they hold as an assistant Sunday school teacher.
meat with a fork and use their
On her first day as outreach assistant in 2005, she
spoons to cut.
was deeply moved and wanted to provide juice
• The Banaue Rice Terraces are drinks for the children, since they were only receiving
called the “8th Wonder of the
biscuits as snacks.
World.”
• Professional sports teams are The next Sunday, the children were delighted to
often named after foods like receive juice and biscuits for snacks.
Áte Doreen captured that moment in
milk, hot dogs, or sodas.
• Videoke is the Philippines’ her heart; it was as if she heard the Lord
version of karaoke (singing saying, “Doreen, tell these children that I
can give them more than juice and biscuits;
with recorded music).
• Basketball is the favorite sport in I am more than willing to give them my love,
Philippines. peace, joy, hope, and salvation, just as I

• The Tagalog (tuh-gah-log) language have given you all these.”
sounds like Hawaiian and other
Polynesian languages mixed with Áte Doreen has worked with BSM ever since. She even
resigned from her well-paying job and began working full time
English, Spanish, and Chinese.
in the ministry.
• One popular sport for boys and
girls in Philippines is spider
fighting. The spiders are kept like
Cook’s Corner:
Filipino Palitaw is small, flat,
pets inside match boxes.
sweet rice cakes that are boiled and eaten as a snack or dessert.
• The Philippine mouse-deer is the
world’s smallest hoofed animal at It is based on the Tagalog word litaw, which means “to float.”
18 inches long and 4 pounds. The palitaw float or rise to the surface of water when
• Because every part of the coconut
tree is useful, Filipinos call it the
“tree of life.”
• The Taal Volcano is the only place

Enjoy a colorful taste of the Filipino
customs and folk beliefs in this
traditional tale. Rejoice that our
beliefs in Jesus are the truth and not
a fairy tale.
Abadeha, The Philippine
Cinderella
by Myrna J. de la Paz
ISBN 978-1-885008-17-6