"Now, You are my Brother!" - Itulah yang terucap oleh Pak Iwan Lagona dan istrinya, Ibu Joice, kepada putra pertama mereka. Setelah dibaptis pada Retreat Akhir Tahun - Jemaat Manado, tepatnya tanggal 31 Desember 2006 lalu, Io menjadi seorang murid dan saudara di dalam Kristus.

Lahir dari pasangan KILION BALINGGA dan SILFA KOBAK, di Ninia, Wamena, pegunungan Tengah Papua, pada tanggal 8 Mei 1979, Yanes Balingga namanya. Yatim piatu semenjak kecil, karena kedua orangtuanya meninggal/hilang di jaman DOM.

Born from the couple, Kilion Balingga and Silfa Kobak, in Ninia-Wamena, the hill country in the middle of Papua in May 8, 1979, his name is Yanes Balingga. He has been an orphan since he was very small as both his parents died / lost during the DOM time.

"Now, you are my brother!" That’s what Iwan Lagona and his wife Joice, said to their eldest son, who was baptized during the Manado church’s retreat last December 31, 2006.