Noel Ylagan is a Filipino father of 3 battling Lipo Sarcoma cancer. We're overjoyed at any help we can get to fund this cost of his next (third) Chemotherapy session. One session alone is remarkably difficult for a Filipino family to afford.

I spent two years in the Philippines, and that's where I met Noel's smiley and chatty son, Jay. He and I had long conversations where hilariously neither one of us could totally understand each other, me studying Filipino and him studying English. He has a big heart, as many Filipinos do.

Currently Jay is taking the full financial weight of his father's medical bills, is staying closer to the hospital, and has dropped everything else to best help his father. Me and my other friends from our time in the Philippines are hoping to see them both be able to put on a chipper smile that lights up the room again.

To anyone who can contribute, thank you for your kind heart. You're in our prayers right along with the Ylagan family.

"Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."

- Jesus Christ, Matthew 25:40

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[Tagalog] Noel Ylagan ay isang Pilipinong tatay ng tatlong anak na lumalaban sa cancer na Lipo Sarcoma. Tuwang-tuwa kami sa anumang maibibigay na tulong para mabayaran man lang itong parating niyang pangatlong session ng Chemotherapy.

Tumira ako sa Pinas ng dalawang taon, at doon ko nakilala ang anak ni Noel na sobrang palangiti at napakadaldal. Nagkausap kami noon ng sobrang tagal, pero nakakatawa rin dahil halos hindi namin maintindihan ang isa't isa. Nagaaral kasi ako ng Filipino, siya naman ang nagaaral ng Ingles. Malambot ang puso niya, tulad ng marami kong nakilalang Pinoy.

Sa ngayon, binubuhat mag-isa ni Jay ang mabibigat na mga babayarin sa hospital para tulungan ang tatay niya. Inaasan namin ng iba naming naging kaibigan noong nasa Pinas kami na muli natin silang makitang nakangiti at tumatawa.

Kung sino man ang makakapag bigay, maraming salamat sa kabutihan ng inyong puso. Sinasama ka nga sa mga panalangin namin para kina Ylagan.

“Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, yamang ginawa ninyo ito sa isa sa pinakahamak sa mga kapatid kong ito, ay sa akin ninyo ginawa.”

- Jesus Christ, Mateo 25:40