TLW Staff

In sports, a COACH is a person who directs, instructs and trains an athlete or a team.Just as much a coach would want you to win a basketball tournament, we want to coach your way to the Supreme Coach.

We believe that only through Jesus Christ, the Supreme Purity Coach, can a person truly have a pure and victorious life. We all--including us in True Love Waits team--struggle in issues concerning purity but all we really need to know is that we can only be made pure by God through Jesus' death on the cross.

Purity is a lifelong journey with Christ and we'd like you to join us in this.

Meet and know the faces behind the National Office for TLW in Manila.

Derek Ross is the National Director for TLW Philippines. He is an American from Texas but he calls himself Fil-Pinoy a.k.a. Feeling Pinoy! Derek is grateful and happily married to Amanda with five fantastic kids namely Sunday, Honor, Cannon, Ada and Eli. He has been living in the Philippines with his family for seven years now.

Ree Soria is the National Marketing Coordinator for TLW Philippines. Her expertise in the line of photography and other media stuff blows the team. Ree loves to surf out in the water. She loves to encourage young ladies that being single is a blessing and they are all worth waiting for!

Oda Zapanta serves as the team's Technical Coordinator. He is in charge with all designs, graphics, videos and powerpoints. He is a simple guy with a great desire to impact the Filipino youth. He is quiet but when he speaks, it's with profound wisdom.

Leslie Vergara serves as the Admin and Volunteer Coordinator. She strongly believes that young people can make wise decisions as adults set good examples and provide options. For her, TLW is more than just an organization that promotes sexual abstinence. It's leading the youth to have a deeper understanding of God's love and how to live motivated by it.

Christin Alvarez is a writer for TLW Philippines. Her name wasn't misspelled or anything, it really is C-H-R-I-S-T-I-N. She loves books, music, food, geography, arts & crafts and studying people. Christin is inspired by a simple but powerful mindset called Do Hard Things. When people do what's hard for them, then that's the key to growth.