Monday, December 6, 2010

GPCP6

These are some of the kids of GPCP6 (Gods Precious Children of Purok 6). This group was started by Pastor Tony in Purok 6 as an outreach to the "Rugby Boys", a group of street kids that sniff Rugby glue. Pastor Tony invited them to come to the church on Wednesday night for a snack and a Bible study. The first night 7 came to the Church and it has grown every week. Now over 40 attend regularly and it has turned into a regular youth service. We let them know how much God loves them and how precious they are to Him. We decided to change their name from the "Rugby Boys" to "GPCP6", so they would have a new identity. Every week we continue to speak to them about God's love and every week more kids accept Jesus. It is truly amazing to see God's love transforming these kids' lives.

School Supplies

This year we were able to to send almost 100 kids to school by providing them with uniforms, backpacks, shoes and school supplies. Thanks to all who helped with this endeavor.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

FCC Youth Mission Trip 2010

In June the youth from Faith Center Church came for their annual mission trip. We held 3 healing festivals in the Northern provinces of Luzon, a dance competition, a band competition and another festival in our local area. Many people accepted Jesus and the local churches where we went were strengthened. You can check out more pictures on the sidebar.

David Carroll came to visit

David came to visit in March. He was on a business trip to several places in Asia and was able to arrange to come and visit us for a week. We had great time showing him around and doing ministry with him. He filled in on the bass on Sunday morning and spoke at one of our local outreach Bible studies.
Bible study Purok Cinco
Dined with Pastor Paul and his family.
We had a great time at the beach with him.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Trip to the Northern Provences

Preaching at pastor Bong's church
Praying for healing

The last weekend in February we visited in three different provinces. The first one was Pangasinan where Ptr. Paul and I led a pastor's mentoring session. There were around 20 pastors and their spouses from around their province in attendance. We then traveled on to Nueva Ecija and spent the evening with Ptr. Bong and his wife, Pilar. The next morning, I preached in Ptr. Bong's church. After the message about God's grace, 12 people accepted Jesus as their Lord and many people were healed. Praise be to God! In the afternoon Ptr. Paul, Ptr. Bong, Ptr. Nestor, Ptr. Jayson and I led another pastors/leadership mentoring time. There were around 75 people in attendance. Again, they came from all over the province. Monday morning we traveled to Tarlac and spent the day with Ptr. Zaldy and his outreach pastors where again we had a mentoring time. In between travel and mentoring, Anna-Lisa, Jayson and I fit in a dental cleaning time, which was long overdue. Ptr. Zaldy's wife is a dentist and did a great job of cleaning our teeth. While I was with the pastors, Anna-Lisa and Jayson had a chance to visit with the pastor's families. Jayson had a great time playing basketball and riding a bike with a sidecar attached. We even experienced a flat tire on the way home that added to the exciting weekend.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Back Home in the Philippines

A few days after arriving, we drove with Ptr. Paul and the youth leaders to Baguio City. This was taken at Mines View. The weather reminded us of a nice summer day in Washington State. Jayson had fun picking strawberries at a local farm. We had a wonderful time.
We had a 15 hour layover in Seoul. Jay took the first watch. We had a great flight and the layover wasn't bad at all. The airport had a nice resting area.