We Are now Feeding Little Kids!

August 12, 2015 by

IMG_3250Through a great new partnership with Center of Life Ministry and Pastors Joshua and Emi Hernandez, we are now feeding about eighty children who come to the Refuge Youth Center for church.

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These kids live in poverty in a dangerous squatter neighborhood right behind the Refuge.  Every Sunday morning the kids who come to Pastor Joshua’s church at the Refuge get to leave with a fresh, nutritious meal as they are fed both physically and spiritually.IMG_3289

Through your financial support, God is doing an exciting new thing here and fighting child poverty in the Philippines. Thank you for being a part of it.

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Going to Africa

August 12, 2015 by

When I was just a twelve-year-old boy I answered an altar call at youth camp and I had a vision of going to Africa. Ever since that moment I knew I was going to be a missionary. However, I still have not yet been to Africa, so when Dr. Jack Tuls invited me to accompany him on a Bible College planting trip to Mozambique in October I was thrilled to say yes. Dr. Jack has planted hundreds of Bible schools around the world and a large percentage of them are in restricted nations. I have traveled with him to many nations planting these Bible schools and we have seen amazing miracles on these trips. Our objective is to visit three cities and start schools in each of them. I expect God to do great things in Africa, but I will need your financial support and prayers to go.

 

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Giving to Baganga

August 12, 2015 by
The Altar was full of people who wanted to be healed.

The Altar was full of people who wanted to be healed.

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We recently were able to return to Baganga (about a six hour drive) to take a big load of donated clothes and toys to distribute at Faith Tabernacle Church.  They also asked me to preach on Sunday morning, and in that service God instantaneously physically healed almost everyone who came to the altar for prayer.

We were able to give out over 120 toy and clothing bags to the children there, and also gave many clothes to the adults too. The children were so overjoyed to receive nice toys and clothes.

A little girl reading the Bible we just gave her.

A little girl reading the Bible we just gave her.

For those of you who don’t remember, over two years ago a category five super-typhoon named Typhoon Pablo hit Baganga and took hundreds of lives including the pastor’s wife. It nearly destroyed their town and heavily damaged this church. Through your support, we were able to rebuild the church and the parsonage and restore hope to these precious people. Although there has been much progress, many of the people of Baganga are still trying to get back on their feet. We are committed to keep helping these people, and are going back again to minister to them in December.

Elijah enjoying himself in a tricycle in Baganga.

Elijah enjoying himself in a tricycle in Baganga.

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Awesome Youth Camp in Marihatag

May 30, 2015 by

Altar Filled at Youth Camp in Marihatag

I was recently able to be a part of the team of missionary guest speakers at a youth camp in Marihatag, Surigao for the “Our God Reigns” youth camp. Many of the campers were from remote tribal areas. Every service the altar was packed with about 200 youth as they were saved, transformed, and filled with the Holy Spirit!

Altar filled with young people seeking God at youth camp.

Altar filled with young people seeking God at youth camp.

The Holy Spirit was moving so strongly that teenagers were falling out in the power of God everywhere. It was one of the most refreshing and anointed camps I have been a part of in a long time.

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Sitting with some of the young people from the Marihatag youth camp.

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Helping the Fire Refugees

July 8, 2014 by

Visiting the Badjao Refugees

In our last newsletter, I wrote about the terrible fire that made hundreds of poverty-stricken families homeless. Sadly, this fire became much more of a tragedy than I previously reported.

Badgao Isle Verde Fire Refugee Camp in Davao CIty

In the place they were evacuated, measles and other diseases broke out. Twenty-two people died in this refugee camp from the heat, disease, malnourishment, and unclean water. Many of the ones who died were babies and children.

Badgao Little Boy

I went with our church back to help these precious people rice to help them survive. Although it seems almost like we barely made a dent in the overwhelming need, at least we did what we could for them.

My heart breaks for the Badgao people. I am fighting back tears thinking that perhaps we could have done more for these people and save more of their lives.

These people are squatters, not just because of poverty, but also exclusion and discrimination. They are given no opportunity to succeed. It’s almost unbearable to visit the refugee camps and see their living conditions. Please pray for their salvation, healing, wholeness, and restoration.

Badgao Refugees from the Isla Verde Fire Davao City

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Together We Can Rebuild Lives Broken by Typhoon Haiyan

December 20, 2013 by

Typhoon Haiyan Survivors

After an overwhelming tragedy such as Typhoon Haiyan, it is often a difficult task to determine who to help and what to do immediately and long term. During the first month, handouts and free medical care are crucial to helping people survive. After the immediate threat to survival is taken care of, it is important to get people back on their feet so they don’t get stuck in a handout mentality depending on relief goods to survive.

A Fishing boat cut in half by Typhoon Haiyan near Panay Island.

A Fishing boat cut in half by Typhoon Haiyan near Panay Island.

After ten years of  disaster relief experience, we have learned the best way to help people recover is to restore livelihood and get them back to work so they can take care of their families.

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We want to restore joy by providing this type of fishing boat to families who lost everything

We are partnering with another trusted ministry to provide fishing boats in the very remote fishing island of Buena Vista where 200 families depend on fishing to survive. Thirty of their boats were destroyed during the typhoon. It will cost about  $700 or 30,000 pesos to provide a fishing boat for families who lost everything.

A newly built fishing boat after last year’s Typhoon Pablo.

A newly built fishing boat after last year’s Typhoon Pablo.

Would you please consider giving $70 or even $700 to help rebuild lives?

 

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Mission Accomplished!

August 24, 2013 by

Faith Tabernacle Baganga Inside truss work

We are happy to announce that we are finally finished with the roof construction project for Faith Tabernacle Church in Baganga.

For those of you who don’t normally read our newsletter, there was a giant typhoon in December that destroyed entire towns, killed thousands of people, almost destroyed this church, and sadly took the life of the pastor’s wife. In response, our ministry took on the project to rebuild this church.

We recently took two trips in the past two weeks and finally finished this seven month long construction project. Our last trip started out with an early morning six hour drive followed by an eleven hour work day of carpentry and mixing concrete. The following day was all about mixing concrete followed by a long drive back to Davao City.

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On the way back, we stopped to ask a local a question, and his gang of thugs let some air out of our rear tire hoping to steal some of our supplies while we were changing the tire. By the grace of God, we didn’t fall for it and got out of there on a underinflated tire which slowed us down for about 45 minutes while we looked for a place with an air compressor.

Thankfully, we got home safely with the satisfaction that we finished this project. Now the people of this church can worship under a larger dry roof that is better than before, and the family can live in the expanded, nicer parsonage. Thank you for supporting us. This could not have been done without your prayers and financial help.

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Vanuatu on the Horizon

August 24, 2013 by

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Dr. Jack Tuls has asked me to go with him to the nation of Vanuatu in November on a two week trip to help him start new Bible schools there. Vanuatu is an island country in the South Pacific. It’s NE of Australia and is about as remote as it gets.

Jack and MeI met Dr. Jack and Grace Tuls when I was a Bible College student. I had no idea that being in their class would one day change my life. About two years after I graduated, I was a mess. I was heartbroken from many betrayals and personal disasters in my life and I was about to give up on the ministry. I could not see at that time how I would ever become a missionary. During that painful season, Jack invited me to go to Burma (Myanmar) with him and I not only went with him that time, but over the next several years joined him on mission trips all over the world and witnessed all kinds of tremendous miracles first hand. I don’t know if I would even be a missionary today if it were not for him and his wife mentoring me in missions. They are truly my spiritual parents and I’m happy to help them whenever I can. Jack and Grace have now started over 350 Bible schools worldwide.

Needless to say, I am overcome with excitement  about this trip and can’t wait to go. Please prayerfully consider helping us start new Bible schools in this remote place.

 

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