Who We Are
True Love Waits Philippines is…
Simple lang… Filipino youth volunteers from all over the country are here to connect people with God and His ultimate plan for absolute purity. Love is an adventure of pursuing Christ’s best!
True Love Waits 4 Fold Purpose
GUIDE young people to make a commitment to sexual abstinence until marriage.
GIVE young people who have made a commitment to abstinence a chance to reaffirm that promise and challenge other young people to do so.
GUIDE parents of young people to make or reaffirm a commitment to Godly standards of sexual behavior and model a life committed to sexual purity.
GIVE adults a tangible way to affirm and encourage young people who make a commitment to sexual abstinence until marriage.
We minister in variety of ways:
- TLW Facilitator's Training
- TLW Parenting Seminar
- Cool and Fun Big Talks
- Camps & Retreats
- Counseling
- Film Presentations about Morals and Values
Meet the TLW Philippines Staff:
Derek Ross is our National Director. He is an American and is from Texas. He calls himself Fil Pinoy because he is "Feeling Pinoy". He has been living in the Philippines with his family for six years. Derek is grateful and happily married to Amanda with five fantastic kids namely Sunday, Honor, Canon, Ada and Eli.
Ree Soria is the National Marketing Coordinator for TLW Philippines. Her expertise in the line of photography and other media stuff blows the team. Ree loves to surf out in the water. She loves to encourage young ladies that being single is a blessing and they are all worth waiting for!
Oda Zapanta is our Technical Support Coordinator. His expertise in video editing and tech stuff adds more flavor to what we are doing. He describes himself as simple with a great desire to impact the Filipino youth.
Leslie Vergara strongly believes that youth today can make radical/ hard things that will surely impact their future. She serves as our Volunteer Specialist & Training Coordinator and helps us a lot in organizing things and documents in the office. Leslie is a great blessing to the team.
Christin Alvarez is a writer for True Love Waits, Philippines. Her name wasn’t misspelled or anything, it really is C-H-R-I-S-T-I-N. She loves books, music, food, geography, arts & crafts and studying people. Christin is inspired by a simple but powerful mindset called Do Hard Things. When people do what’s hard for them, then that’s the key to growth.