The recent medical concerns for our Founder, Ronald Brown, have been resolved without any complications. We are very thankful to several Philippine Mission supporters who assisted with getting in touch with individuals who could help coordinate and facilitate the required procedure. Mr. Brown is doing well, and pathology shows no signs of cancer. Thank you all for your prayers!
Since that time, Ron & Gigi have visited family in Florida and are working on various tasks such as shipping items to the Philippines, planning for summer activities for the children (including VBS), working on operational manual policies and procedures for an upcoming accreditation assessment, as well as many other tasks.
As this US trip nears the end, we will soon be planning a fall 2026 USA visit to resume reporting to donors and supporters of our mission.
Contact rbrown406@hotmail.com to schedule your congregation this late summer/fall.
Construction Update
Foundation and columns for our new building, the Older Boys Dorm Residence, are underway. Footers have been poured, steel for columns erected, and some perimeter concrete blocks laid to begin this new building.
Supporting Teens Through Their Hardest Season
As children at Casa Esperanza of Angels grow into their teenage years, they enter a stage filled with new independence, stronger emotions, and a natural desire to make their own choices. For teens living in a residential setting, this transition can feel especially difficult. The structure that keeps them safe—curfews, routines, school expectations, and limits on outside activities—can begin to feel restrictive as they get older.
Many of our teens come from backgrounds where rules were inconsistent or absent. When they reach adolescence, the structure of the facility can feel overwhelming. They compare themselves to peers outside, long for more freedom, and sometimes believe that leaving early is the only way to gain control over their lives. These feelings are not unusual; they are part of the developmental journey every teenager faces, simply intensified by their circumstances.
Your partnership allows us to guide teens through this challenging season with patience, counseling, and consistent care. Even when they push against boundaries, your support ensures they have a safe place to grow, learn responsibility, and build the foundation for a stable future. Every meal, every class, every conversation with staff is made possible because you stand with them.
We know how deeply sponsors care for the children they support. When a teenager decides to leave the facility prematurely, it can be painful or confusing. We want you to know:
- Their decision is not a reflection of your support. Teens often feel a powerful urge to assert independence, even when they are not fully ready. This is a developmental impulse, not a rejection of the care you helped provide.
- Your investment still matters. The stability, education, and love you made possible remain with them.
- You helped give them hope. Even if their path takes unexpected turns, the time they spent at CEA—supported by you—becomes part of their story and their strength.
- Your generosity is never wasted. It shapes lives in ways that continue long after a child leaves our gates.
- Supporting teenagers requires patience, compassion, and resources. With your continued partnership, we can keep offering teens the structure they need and the understanding they long for—helping them grow into confident, capable young adults.
Romans 8:1–4
1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Ron & Gigi Brown
Casa Esperanza of Angels
PHILIPPINE MISSION INC.
Tanjay City, Philippines
March 2026 Newsletter
Volume 11 Issue 130