As we stated earlier, we were asked by a student leader involved at a local college here to speak at a True Love Waits seminar. He really wanted an American couple because Filipinos will listen to Americans better than other Filipinos was the explanation given. HOWEVER, we soon found out that it could have possibly been because the subject of sex is VERY taboo in this culture. No one talks about it. Especially parents do not talk to their children about sex. They unfortunately learn about sex mainly from television. To me, Tara, one of the most surprising statistics that I found was that only 46% of women and 52% of men know that condoms can prevent HIV. That was shocking to me because it almost common knowledge in the states. Well we had the topic of "Virginity and Virginity of the Heart". It went very well. 80 students were there and of those 45 made commitments to wait and learn more about bible studys. There was even a student who said that she believed that you can't stop those feelings and so you just have to fulfill them by having sex. Well when the commitments were made she was one of the ones that went forward. PRAISE GOD!!! Please continue to pray for all of the students that were there.
* The pictures above are: the student leaders who put on the seminar along with the other speakers, with Ronnie the person who asked us to speak in front and us speaking.
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