Her Jaw Grew Out Right in Front of Me!

While driving a ministry team between cities, someone told me that a young lady in my vehicle named Lovely needed healing. She had a deformed jaw from a dentist’s mistake. Her jaw was out of place and it restricted her breathing. They explained that a normal windpipe has the passage about the size of two fingers, but hers was now about the size of a pinky finger. I started to pray for her while driving, but told her I would pray for her once we reached Davao City. About two hours later I was unloading their suitcases in front of a hotel when the Lord reminded me, pray for her now!

Throwing away all ministry protocol, I laid hands on her head in the street and began to pray. She got slain in the Holy Spirit and started to fall down in the street. I caught her and held her up for a while and realized she was really out. I had to lift her into the back of my SUV where she stayed under the power of the Holy Spirit. I sat in the front seat and continued to pray for her as the Holy Spirit did a deep work in her.  After that, She went out in the power of the Holy Spirit a second time for maybe 5 or 10 minutes.

Then she peacefully said, “Kuya (brother), I feel my jaw moving!” I then commanded the jaw to grow out and go to its normal position by the Stripes of Jesus! I watched her jaw grow and her face change right in front of me! I almost could not recognize her face after I prayed. The whole team said her face changed! She went to a doctor about a week later and he said her jaw changed and asked her what happened. She told the doctor a missionary prayed for her and God healed her! Praise God!

Massive Bible Distribution

Through a partnership with Bible League, I was able to fill my SUV with 650 Bibles and help put together a massive Bible distribution in Baganga. Four vehicles carried a total of 2,400 Bibles and pastors from 48 churches in three towns came to Faith Tabernacle Church (the church we rebuilt after Typhoon Pablo) where we gave those Bibles to their churches! That means each pastor left with about 50 Bibles in their language for their people! Just imagine of all the churches and thousands of lives that will be changed by the Word of God! Hallelujah!

Joy over her new Bible

Formerly Crippled Boy Can Now Walk!

In my last newsletter, I reported that several people were healed while ministering in Polomolok. When I wrote my last newsletter, I did not report that during the ministry time, I prayed for a little boy named Reuben who could not walk. He was born prematurely and had not developed the ability to walk even though he was three years old. When his parents handed him to me my heart broke for him. He looked at me and cried in anguish with sad eyes because he could not play with the other children like a normal little boy.

When I prayed for him one of his feet straightened a little bit, but he did not walk well immediately. He took about seven steps and fell down. This bothered me– a lot. I left that church with a bittersweet feeling in my heart. I felt happy for all the other people who were healed, but left a piece of my heart broken there with Reuben. I continued to pray for his healing every day for almost a month. Right before I left for the Indian Ocean, and after my ordeal with the rebels, his family contacted me and sent me pictures showing he is finally standing and walking— and playing with other kids! The parents said the healing started in that service in Polomolok!
Hallelujah!

Our God Reigns Youth Camp

The our God Reigns youth camp was amazing. I was given the opportunity to speak to about 200 youth and at the ministry time, the Glory of God came in a mighty way. The young people were vocally crying out to God in hunger for more of Him. When I pray for them, they fell down in waves under God’s power. I have rarely seen this amount of power manifested like this. It was so indescribable. Praise God!

 

We Baptized 109 People at One Time!

 

I was recently asked to preach on Water Baptism Sunday at Maranatha Family Church. Before the service our church had already scheduled to baptize 69 people at a nearby beach later that day. After I spoke the Holy Spirit convicted many people and they filled the altar. After that service, we set up at the beach for short service. We used part of our portable sound system there, and another 40 people decided to be baptized. I was so honored to baptize about one third of them personally. This is an amazing move of God and I’m excited to be a part of it.

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God is Moving in Remote Places!

My Dad preaching with Pastor Julito DeGracia interpreting for him in Impasug-Ong, Philippines

My Dad preaching with Pastor Julito DeGracia interpreting for him in Impasug-Ong, Philippines

My Dad came to visit the Philippines for December and January and we went back to some of the early churches and pastors we met in the Philippines back in 2004. I had not seen some of them in seven years. One pastor, Julito DeGracia, started 11 churches in that time. He has the only church in Impasug-Ong, Philippines and his other churches are among newly-reached tribes in the mountains. Early in his ministry, we bought him a horse to travel to these places because he would walk for days to preach in the mountains. It is amazing to see the fruit of that first horse, and he now has four horses to use for the ministry. Praise God!

 

Great Opportunity for us to buy a SOUND SYSTEM for WINNING SOULS.

People bowing their heads at the altar call and praying to receive Jesus.

People bowing their heads at the altar call and praying to receive Jesus.

For many years, I have dreamed of having our own powerful sound system for preaching the Gospel both outdoors and in gymnasiums. Because we refuse to let a lack of equipment stop me, we have been borrowing, renting, and scrounging sound equipment together to do it for years.

However, a unique, limited opportunity just presented itself.

Another missionary is leaving the country and is selling a pair of barely used (six month old) powered JBL PRX 725 speakers. These are 1,500 Watts each and could be the Main Speakers of our sound system. With 3,000 Watts of output, I could easily preach the gospel to over 1,000 people outdoors and up to 3,000 indoors.
JBL PRX 725 Speakers
To buy these brand new locally would cost $3,370. The seller is asking $2,390 for them.  This is a really great opportunity.
Sound equipment is very overpriced in the Philippines because it is difficult to import things, but this is a bargain! If it seems like a lot of money, how much are the thousands of souls we could reach for the Gospel worth?
These speakers are only up for sale for a limited time and other people have been looking at them. Please prayerfully consider donating for us to own these and win more souls for Jesus with them!
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Awesome Youth Camp in Marihatag

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.

Marihatag Tree Park Youth Camp

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

Invited to Mozambique, Africa

I am so excited to announce that my mentor and spiritual father Dr. Jack Tuls invited me to travel with him on another short-term missionary trip in October. This time we are going to Mozambique, Africa. I have dreamed of going to Africa as a missionary since I was just a boy. I can’t wait to go to this continent to establish new Bible schools for the Kingdom of God. I will need about $2,500 above our normal missionary support to go. I will fly from the Philippines across the Indian Ocean and we will find contacts in three cities there to establish new Bible schools. Please prayerfully consider supporting this trip as October is coming fast.

 

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.