Something In A Shoe-box Gift Sent By A 7-Year-Old American Boy Changed The Life Of A Filipino Girl

By Apoorva Jha

To Quezon City


Even though Tyrel and Joana felt the desperate need to celebrate their wedding with Joana’s family in the Philippines, there was no surety that this would happen soon. In the meantime, Joana was following Tyrel on the trips that his work required. She would always have a scrumptious meal ready for her husband in their RV every evening. The couple traveled to Minnesota, Georgia and even to famous American writer Laura Ingalls Wilder’s home. And then alas it was finally time for the young couple to go back to the Philippines…