{"id":3099,"date":"2020-08-14T09:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T09:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.globemission.org\/missionaries\/mission-in-asia\/johanna-erkens"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:23:22","slug":"johanna-erkens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.globemission.org\/en\/missionaries\/mission-in-asia\/johanna-erkens\/","title":{"rendered":"Johanna Erkens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-kbs3v9zz-c3efe97fba90254596dde63ddef7629c main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3099'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-kbs3yvwj-af48fff160ba624f1564b8185f2316d3 sc-av_two_third av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kbs3yvwj-af48fff160ba624f1564b8185f2316d3\">\n.flex_column.av-kbs3yvwj-af48fff160ba624f1564b8185f2316d3{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-kbs3yvwj-af48fff160ba624f1564b8185f2316d3 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kbs3ym2s-1e86bd567f4aa3d345b9950da8e1b763 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1><span class=\"contact-name\">Johanna Erkens<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong> From:<\/strong><br \/>\nPhilippines \/ Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joined GLOBE:<\/strong><br 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>Born in the slums of Manila<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I was born in the slums of Manila in 1990 and became a street child as soon as I could walk. The first four years of my life were spent barefoot under the bridges of Manila.<\/p>\n<p>It was when my birth mother died of tuberculosis that a local street kids ministry noticed us and wanted to help. Out of this situation, I was taken in as a foster child together with my two younger siblings by a German missionary couple who later legally adopted us. For the first time in my life I experienced being able to eat until I was satisfied, had a safe place to sleep and most of all, I was loved and taken care of.<\/p>\n<p>I was already five years old when I finally learned how to speak. Due to severe ear infections I was almost deaf but a few surgeries helped me to regain my hearing. I learned to speak fluently in German and English and I picked up Tagalog (the Philippines&#8217; native tongue) from the kids around me.<\/p>\n<p>My parents were long term missionaries in the Philippines and worked mainly among street kids. They pioneered a family-oriented home for street children\/runaways and reached out with the gospel to their families. I grew up in that Christian community and went to an international school. As a family of five, we always had enough privacy and I felt safe and loved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4a1xyd-daaea9cb83c0b885cfd12f4023352a1d\">\n.flex_column.av-4a1xyd-daaea9cb83c0b885cfd12f4023352a1d{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4a1xyd-daaea9cb83c0b885cfd12f4023352a1d av_two_third  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kbs4k7tq-24e09daa243c5de3042bed7f710adc8d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The plight of poor and neglected children has moved me since my teenage years. After I graduated from highschool, I was an intern in an elementary school for kids from squatter areas. After that, I spent some years in Germany doing the following: I worked in a kindergarten, for families in need and as an intern in a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The deeper my relationship with God grew, the deeper I felt the desire to work with little kids in the Philippines who nobody cares for. The Philippines has one of the highest birth rates worldwide. Many of the poor children are neglected and\/or end up in the streets like I did. My heart burns for these kids.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4p8apm-48cc9ef2a58b5e779acd2d74d2108010\">\n.flex_column.av-4p8apm-48cc9ef2a58b5e779acd2d74d2108010{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4p8apm-48cc9ef2a58b5e779acd2d74d2108010 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_two_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kcqec1jy-9253af568ca102b275f87b348fbc864b\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kcqec1jy-9253af568ca102b275f87b348fbc864b img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kcqec1jy-9253af568ca102b275f87b348fbc864b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kcqec1jy-9253af568ca102b275f87b348fbc864b av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-22  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-25527 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-25527 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.globemission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Erkens1.jpg\" alt='' title='Erkens1'  height=\"200\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4a1xyd-daaea9cb83c0b885cfd12f4023352a1d\">\n.flex_column.av-4a1xyd-daaea9cb83c0b885cfd12f4023352a1d{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4a1xyd-daaea9cb83c0b885cfd12f4023352a1d av_two_third  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kbs4k7tq-24e09daa243c5de3042bed7f710adc8d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>My heart is burning for those kids.<\/h3>\n<p>That\u2019s why I returned to the Philippines in 2017 and am presently working in a home that cares for neglected children. 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