Operation Jabez (OJ) is UP Agape’s response to COVID-19. Originally a medical mission, OJ has become an online project which aims to provide encouragement and spiritual support to the UPCM and PGH community and to as many as can be reached by our organization’s Facebook page, UP Agape.

Five sub-projects are under OJ: Cup of Courage, OJ Daily Prayer Points, Thoughtful Tuesdays, Agatoons, and Agamemes. Cup of Courage (CoC) provides encouragement through verses with short captions that we upload every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. CoC also features real life stories of our alumni frontliners to inspire readers.

OJ Daily Prayer Points has a Telegram group where we post daily prayer points on Government, Patients, Frontliners, Filipino People, Churches, and Other Countries. Members of the group commit to praying for all these concerns daily. 

Thoughtful Tuesdays is a weekly online event where we do online prayer meetings or host online talks. We already had three online talks: Dr. Nash Daniel Silava on “The Hope that We have”, Dr. Jabesse Esther Miguel on “When a Loving God ‘Delays’ your Plans,” and Dr. Jana Mier-Alpaño on “ECQ Feelings”.

Agatoons is a monthly short comics release which aims to encourage others during these hard lonesome times. We hope to introduce God’s love and hope to all our readers and to remind them that they are not alone; that God is here amongst us as our pillar of support, especially in this time of uncertainty.
Agamemes is a small project. It sprinkles some lighthearted and reassuring comedy on people’s timeline on our new satellite page, “Jabez Memes for Land-Expanding Teens.” Given the negativity in social media, it is our hope that through the posts here which are relatable, encouraging, and evangelistic, these memes will be rays of light and hope during these times.

In addition to all these, UP Agape gave cash donation to the UPCM-led PPE Support drive for frontliners. 

Abraham Sianoya | Published in Healthscape Special COVID-19 Issue No. 8