Tributus53
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Hello! My name is Terry Bersola and am founder of DISCiples for Christ Ministry here in the Davao City region Philippines. DISCiples began in 2014 to as a Christian youth ministry/mentoring through disc golf. You could say I've become an unintentional missionary when I came to the Philippines in January 2014 with 10 discs and built a DIY basket from a 55 gal plastic barrel, 3" drain pipe, and plastic chains. The moment I set it up on my neighbor's farm and started putting, a group of children observed me and soon were laughing and eagerly putting along with me. That day changed my life and set in motion what has become many week day afternoons playing disc golf and monthly dg tournaments and the start of DISCiples. That first day we had 6 boys and 1 girl. Imagine 7 players and 10 discs.Today, we have around 30 mostly young guys with a handful of girls. I'm a retiree living on a small pension and we have relied on donations of baskets and discs over the years, and currently in critical need of used, unreclaimed, or new discs to keep us going and growing. The sport is in its infancy at this point, but with a new 18 hole course for the University Philippines, Metro Manila ; a course at Camp N in Laguna competitions and events will be springing up on Luzon. Here on Mindanao we do not have our own course, but have used the grounds of Mt Apo Gardens Memorial to play rounds and put on monthly tournaments. Have had meetings with the Vice Chancellor, Kinetics (PE) Dept Head, and an associate architect at UP Mindanao to present disc golf to them the possibilities of constructing a course on their campus, but that hasn't, yet materialized. Pray, hope, encourage us that a permanent course will be placed here in Davao. And, if someone could help us with discs it will be greatly appreciated with smiles by those we serve. Perhaps, a fundraiser to purchase discs and shipping costs on Facebook or GoFundMe. Thanks!
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