Happy Horizons Children's Ranch

Wow what a wonderful blessing to have thirteen friends from Burlington, IA, First AOG, visit HHCR this last month. They contributed to medical outreaches, ministering to over 600 children and adults in a two day event. The young people gathered for youth night event led by Shane and the HHCR kids band and worship group. Altogether they spent almost two weeks, playing, training and ministering to the kids and young » read more.

This week was a time of tragedy and triumph. The triumph was the birth of a baby to one of our former girls. Her husband was at her side and she had a beautiful baby boy. Unfortunately, this morning we received a call that the baby of one of our former girls, in ICU at a government hospital did not make it through the night. Respitory failure was the cause. » read more.

HHCR Community Outreach This special video is a project of the kids totally. They did the community outreach, choosing to help a single mother with her child. They raised money bought the material and fixed up her home. They also brought things for her child and presented it to her at Christmas time. They also did a special project for Cebu City inner city ministry of Immanuel Fellowship church. They » read more.

Trafficking in People, especially young girls for sex is a growing problem in the Philippines. Cebu has become a major destination for in country recruitment of young children, mostly girls. It is estimated that at any time there are as many as 1000 girls locked up as “commercial sex workers” a euphemism for “sex slaves”. Happy Horizons Children’s Ranch began a ministry to these girls four years ago and is » read more.

Their eyes red from crying, the sat on the couch afraid and disoriented. Five little girls, all created in the image of God, but looking lost and helpless. They had just come from the girls facility run by the Social Welfare Dept here in Cebu. The DSWD turned them over to us to raise and nurture back to health. All victims of incest and rape, the youngest just a mere » read more.