Our Team
Pastor Glenn + Nancy Garrison
Founders
Pastor Glenn & Nancy Garrison are leading advocates of children’s rights in the Philippines. They have been fully appointed Assemblies of God World Missionaries since 1982. Before founding Happy Horizons in 1994, the Garrisons pioneered Christian ministries "Agape International Christian Center" and "Agape English Rallies" in Taiwan. They were sent to the Philippines on a two year mission to plant churches and ended up staying for 25 years because of the needs of the children in the community.
Pastor John + Kelli Williford
Directors
Pastor John & Kelli Williford were youth and children's ministers at a church in Tennessee for seven years before coming to Happy Horizons in 2010 as missionaries with AGWM. They have 4 kids - Clara, Lincoln, Bonnie, and Graham. Pastor John is the pastor of Happy Church (our campus church), and oversees the maintenance dept., visiting missions teams, feeding programs, and oversees communications with HHCR supporters. Teacher Kelli is mother to 4 kids, oversees the campus school, and the livelihood dept. of HHCR.
Admin Team
Alma
Social Services Coordinator
Alma is the head social worker who manages the duties and daily operations of the social workers on staff. Her job also involves representing the children who are in ongoing court cases and providing needed mentoring after being rescued from their situation.
Health Coordinator
The Head Nurse for HHCR and the job includes managing the duties and daily operations of the nurses on staff. The HC also is the coordinator of the Medical Missions Outreach programs and additionally helps oversee the kitchen crew.
Kathrina
Office Administrator
Kathrina is the office administrator. Her job includes keeping accurate accounting and managing of finances. She helps to keep the bills paid, salaries disbursed, and HHCR up to the ever-changing government standards for non-profit businesses in the Philippines.
Board Of Directors
Attorney Le’o Cabrera
(pictured with his wife)
Brother Raul Manuel
(pictured with his wife)
Dr. Nanette Alivio
(pictured with her husband)
Rev. Fred Capapas Jr.
(pictured with his wife)
Ate Lorecho Gepega
Ate Alma
Baoc-Daug
(pictured with her husband)
Pastor Glenn & Nancy Garrison
Missionaries John & Kelli Williford
Our Story
In 1994, Happy Horizons Children’s Ranch was founded by US Assemblies of God missionaries Glenn and Nancy Garrison. The Garrisons were missionaries in Taiwan for several years before being sent to Cebu, Philippines for a two-year assignment to help start a Chinese church. Things changed dramatically one morning when Pastor Glenn had to step over a child sleeping in the stairwell that led to his office.
Pastor Glenn found out that the children were on the street because of sexual abuse, rape, abandonment, incest, and human trafficking. Too often the family was the primary cause of the abuse. Happy Horizons was opened to get the kids away from these toxic situations, and make a positive change in their life.
