With Joyful Giver PH, Isabella Gonzalez pushes faith-driven content

Aside from singing and painting, Isabella Gonzalez dabbles in writing and publishing. Proof of that is her passion project, The Joyful Giver PH.

- By JERRY DONATO

It is an independent publishing house, which produces and develops gospel tracts (leaflets) and gift books.

"I founded The Joyful Giver PH (Publishing House) as an extension of my mom's The Holy Bible Giver Foundation, during the pandemic as I was led to focus on gospel tracts during that time," said Isabella, the daughter of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) icon Kuh Ledesma, in an e-mail chat with The STAR.

"Mom enjoys giving away Bibles to churches and people, and I love giving gospel tracts away because it was in part through gospel tracts that I got to understand and come to really devote my life to Christ."

Then, Isabella teamed up with good friends, and she said that with the grace of the Lord, they embarked on their initial projects.

"So, I wear many hats in our organization," said she of her creative participation. "Sometimes, I am editor. Most of the time, the ideas come from me and to save time and do things better, I have partnered with friends that inspire me, that I love to learn from, so that others may benefit from what God has made them to share."