00:00In the classroom of grade 1, 2, and 3, I noticed a strange student.
00:11This girl is 18 years old.
00:16But why is she still in grade 3?
00:21Where her classmates are almost half her age.
00:31What does a child need to cry?
00:39Minik Furuginto is the oldest in the class.
00:45Minik is 18 years old, but she is still in grade 3.
00:53Minik is not from Sitio Banluan.
00:56She lives in a faraway mountain that is not yet reached by the teachers.
01:02But everything changed when she met Teacher Lenny.
01:10Because I found out that there are children there,
01:14they enrolled me in Kindergarten.
01:19But they were not able to continue because it is far away.
01:22They have to cross the river to reach the top of the mountain.
01:30But why do you have to send them there?
01:34You are not their teacher.
01:37I feel sorry that I was given this position.
01:44I know that there are children there.
01:47When Teacher Lenny met Minik,
01:50she saw how much she wanted to learn from him.
01:53So even though Minik is old,
01:56Teacher Lenny decided to enroll her.
01:59Why did you enroll her?
02:03So that she can study well.
02:06So that she can study well.
02:09Why is there no study in Banos?
02:13What do you do there?
02:16I climb the mountain every day.
02:21Every day? And what else?
02:24I wash dishes.
02:29Because when she is there,
02:33she is like a mother to the child.
02:40She is like a mother to the child.
02:44Of course, as a person,
02:48I also dream to change my life.
02:54Since Kindergarten, Teacher Lenny taught Minik diligently.
02:59Now, she knows how to write and read.
03:03And most of all, she learned that dreams are possible.
03:10Why do you want to study?
03:11So that I can finish my studies.
03:14So that you can finish your studies.
03:16What do you want to be when you grow up?
03:19I want to be a doctor.
03:21Oh, you want to be a doctor.
03:23Why do you want to be a doctor?
03:25So that I can help.
03:27So that you can help.
03:29To whom?
03:31To my siblings.
03:33To your siblings.
03:35Do you have a doctor?
03:37No, I don't.
03:39Oh, you have a doctor.
03:44What is your dream for the children here in Banduan?
03:49One of my dreams, I told them,
03:54no matter how hard it is in school,
03:59even if you get up,
04:01just continue with your studies.
04:03And if you continue,
04:04you will be just like me when you finish your studies.
04:09That's what I told them.
04:11That's my dream for you.
04:13Finish your studies.
04:15Don't work in the fields.
04:17Let's help our tribe and our community here.
04:28It's already 5 p.m. when the class ends.
04:30But instead of returning to their homes,
04:33the children went straight to the church.
04:40The children here in Banduan pray every day.
04:45They thank God every morning.
04:48And before the day ends,
04:50they thank God again,
04:52despite all the trials they have gone through.
04:56They thank God.
04:58In a place where the roads, electricity, food, and daily necessities
05:04have been cut off,
05:06I can't help but think about how they are still able to thank God every day.
05:17But after meeting the children who are ready to give their all,
05:22the teachers who will teach them well,
05:26will be able to pass on their knowledge.
05:31After meeting Teacher Lenny,
05:34who chose to return to the land he was raised in,
05:37so that no child will be left behind,
05:40what do the children thank God for?
05:44They thank God.
05:46They thank God.
05:48They thank God.
05:49What do the children thank God for?
05:56I am very proud to be a member of the Church Of Christ.
05:59I am a member of the Church Of Christ.
06:01Because I was raised in a good family.
06:09I know God.
06:12I have no problems,
06:14even though I am far from God.
06:17I am very proud.
06:19The Church Of Christ is still here.
06:21It will never be taken away.
06:23That's it.
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