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True Love Waits impacts young people in the Philippines

Seeing the work of True Love Waits in the Philippines "once again demonstrated God's continued awesome work" through the abstinence-until-marriage outreach, TLW co-founder Jimmy Hester said after a two-week trip to the country, reports Baptist Press.

Among the highlights Hester noted during the Philippines visit was meeting a man named Joerex from a region of the country that is predominately Muslim and dangerous to live in due to terrorist threats. Joerex quit his job to devote his time to training True Love Waits leaders. He also gets into local schools to present the message and has a one-hour daily True Love Waits radio program.

"Joerex has great passion for reaching young people," Hester said, "and carries out all these activities with minimal resources and at great personal risk."

Joining Hester for the trip were his wife Kim and fellow LifeWay Christian Resources employees Bob Bunn, Mike Wakefield, Rick Prall and Patti Baker, along with Sharon Pumpelly, lead consultant for True Love Waits International.

The team reached 1,705 Filipino students through TLW presentations and recorded 432 professions of faith in Jesus Christ.

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[03/18/2009]

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