It started with a desire to share Jesus with her classmates. Ate Nanie had no idea how to witness, but she felt a growing fire within her heart. Entering the University of the Philippines–Diliman, she joined the State Varsity Christian Fellowship (SVCF). There, she witnessed how her friends became hopeless amidst the country’s political turmoil. While many of them saw communism as the only resort for change, Ate Nanie knew the real answer was Christ. This stirred her heart, and she resolved to seek training she needed to lead her peers and others on campus.
With her parents’ support, she joined Kawayan Camp (KC) in 1970 in Murcia, Negros Occidental. Decades later, the exhilarating experiences she had at the camp remained vivid. But the expositions on the book of Daniel sharply stood out, a teaching that “became like fire in [her] bones,” as she describes. Relating Daniel’s faithfulness to God in an unbelieving nation to her own campus life made her realize that God is sovereign and in control of things “no matter how [it] appeared to His children.”
Returning to UP, Ate Nanie and other SVCFers effectively applied their camp training. Balancing academic responsibilities, they trained evangelists and Bible study leaders. They led one-on-one evangelism and prayer meetings to minister to over a hundred seekers in their fellowship. “I cannot underestimate how God used the month-long KC experience to mature us not just in faith but also in the nitty-gritty issues of time management, training others, and facing even the opposition from the families of some of us,” she recalls.
It was also at KC that Ate Nanie realized that “the best way [she] could serve God was to invest in the work of IVCF after [she] graduated.” Two years after, she entered staff work and served for seven years in IVCF. Today, married and living on the other side of the world, Ate Nanie continues to be a faithful partner in the ministry, supporting staff and Kawayan Camp.
The KC only lasted for a month but it seeded a lifelong maturity within her. That one month blossomed into fifty-six years of generosity—and this legacy continues. Reflecting on her experiences, Ate Nanie shared, “Only He knows how He blessed our meager efforts in the lives of new believers and stronger disciples.”
PRAYER POINTS
- For Ate Nanie and her family: Pray for good health, joy, and continued faithfulness to God.
- For KC Alumni: Pray that they will faithfully live out their camp experiences and become channels of generosity to support future delegates.
- For KC 2026 (June 23–July 13): Pray for the ongoing preparations, financial provision, and the transformation of the participants.
REGIONAL UPDATES
Northern Luzon: Over 20 students in Isabela joined the Evangelistic Night on May 22-23.
Metro Manila: Twenty high schoolers were discipled during the Inter-School Christian Fellowship (ISCF) Discipleship Camp on May 5-9 .
Southern Luzon: More than 10 students and four graduates joined the Palawan Discipleship Training Camp on April 2-5; an online Regional Assembly will be conducted on May 30.
Bicol: Four campus chapters concluded their year-end and large-group fellowships; an online Night of Praise and Prayer is scheduled for May 30.
Western Visayas: The Evangelistic Discipleship Leadership Training Camp (EDLTC) concluded on May 11-15, attended by 18 high school and six college students.
Central and Eastern Visayas: Twenty-nine high school students accepted Christ during the Sibol Camp in Negros Oriental on May 18-22 .
Northern Mindanao: In partnership with Mt. Moriah ministry, more than 240 students accepted Christ through the Evangelistic Seekers Camp held on May 1-3 and May 24-27 in Malaybalay, Bukidnon.
Caraga: More than 30 students across the Caraga region joined the online Year-End Fellowship on May 23.
Southern Mindanao:Over 50 graduates participated in the Regional Graduates Conference on May 1-3.
