God opened the door for some very unique ministry here in Davao City. After praying, the Lord prompted me to contact a long time acquaintance with a big personality and asked him if our team could help him.
He is an Asian-Indian missionary who has a ministry to the thousands of Indian nationals to come to the Philippines to study medicine. Our team ministered to two of the several Bible studies that my friend holds every night of the week in various unannounced locations to avoid persecution.
During one of our meetings one man from another faith and several Hindus were saved. These precious people are getting saved and discipled here in the Philippines and will go back to India as doctors. Hallelujah!
We are now into our third month of supporting the Center of Life feeding program at the Refuge and the kids are starting to melt my heart. One Saturday when I pulled up the kids were all waiting outside for the doors to open. When I got out of my car, they all cheered and ran up to attack me with their hugs. I cannot put into words the emotions that I experience when I look into these kids eyes before giving them a big hug. I feel joy, love, compassion, and then I feel a rush of empathetic sorrow as I imagine how difficult their lives must be. At least once a week we can put them into a safe, comfortable environment, show them the love of Jesus, and feed them what might be the best meal they eat all week.