Upcoming Outreach in Trento

The Trento Indoor Gymnasium

We are so excited to let you know that we are launching a new stage of our ministry called “The Refuge OUT.” We are doing a series of road show concerts with the full purpose of spreading the Gospel throughout Mindanao.

We are starting our concert tour in Trento, Agusan del Sur.  Trento is a tiny town that was severely damaged during Typhoon Pablo and mostly passed over and forgotten by aid agencies. Edge Radio Trento is partnering with us to promote and host this concert. We are renting the town’s brand new indoor gymnasium with the potential of reaching multiple hundreds of people with the Gospel.

Trento Gym

Thankfully, we have already found someone who will let us borrow their sound system, but we have immediate financial needs for this concert to go forward.  First, we need to purchase or rent lighting. A minimal lighting setup will cost about $500 while renting a professional lighting setup will cost about $250 per event. If we can buy our own equipment it will be a much better investment than renting it as we are going forward with multiple concerts throughout Mindanao. We also need to cover transportation expenses for our ministry team and sound equipment, and we need to purchase prizes for the free games to keep the crowd engaged.

 

Upcoming Baganga Outreach Concert

These are some of the precious kids in Baganga that survived Typhoon Pablo.

These are some of the precious kids in Baganga that survived Typhoon Pablo.

In April, we are doing an evangelistic Easter Outreach in Baganga. For those of you who don’t know, our ministry spent almost a year helping and sowing into the people of Baganga after Typhoon Pablo nearly destroyed their town.

This time we are not returning only with disaster relief goods, but we are bringing something better—The Gospel. We will be doing a multiple day outreach with concerts and other activities for the youth and children there with the intention of winning people to Jesus. We have sown good seed, and now it’s time to reap the Harvest by showing them what Jesus did on the cross for them.

We will also be taking several vehicles more than six hours each way on less than perfect roads and temporary bridges. We plan to bring several high school youth to perform in this awesome outdoor concert. Please pray for all of our safety. Please also pray for us to be able to buy, rent, or borrow an outdoor sound system and lighting for this concert.

We also want to show the people here we haven’t forgotten them. We love them very much and want to bring the love of Jesus with us.

 

Awake Samal Outreaches

Across the bay of Davao City, lies beautiful Samal Island. Even though it is near the city, it is underdeveloped and many of the people there live in poverty seemingly forgotten by the outside world. 

One of the great missionary organizations here, F.I.R.E. International, has a vision and strategy of reaching the entire island of Samal through evangelism. They are having targeted weekly outreaches in every community on the Island. They asked us to participate in their outreaches and teach evangelistic dramas to their team. We joined the first of many outreaches and have already started the drama trainings. I prayed for many people at the first outreach who were instantly healed.

One teenager came to me with a yucky deep cough and asked me to pray for him. I asked him to cough before I prayed and it sounded terrible. I then rebuked the cough and sickness, and commanded his body to be healed by the Stripes of Jesus. After I prayed, I asked him to take a deep breath and cough. His lungs were instantly so clear that he could not cough!
Praise God!