FCC Youth Trip

The youth from our home church, Faith Center Church, located in Vancouver, WA joined us here for about two weeks.We traveled around doing Healing Festivals throughout Luzon.Everywhere we went, people were set free and healed.God showed up in amazing ways.We saw heart conditions healed, people coming in with canes and walking out without them, people healed from asthma, numerous aches and pains gone, stomach problems healed.Most importantly, hundreds received Jesus as their personal Lord and Saviour. We all had a great time.

We did a Healing Festival up north in Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija. We chose this location because the entire town needed healing. Over the last three months there have been 19 unsolved murders in this town. The little boy I'm holding is the only survivor from his family. We gathered all of the pastors that attended the festival and prayed over the city and broke the spirit of murder in that place. Then we prayed over the police force for wisdom in solving the case. We then prayed and prophesied over this child. It was a powerful time.

This man came to the Healing Festival in San Pedro, Laguna with a cane and could barely walk. When we prayed for healing, he was right up font. When we finished praying he handed his cane to his wife and tried to move his legs but I could see he was still in pain. Little by little he would bend his knees. It looked painful at first but the more he did it, the stronger he became. Eventually, he worked his way over to the stage stairs and one by one he climbed up getting stronger every step. It was truly amazing how this man was determined to get his healing!!! He walked out of there without using his cane!!! Praise God!!! There are lots of pictures in the slide show to the right. Check them out.

Praise Report

I visited this widow, Maria, a few months ago along with her niece, Linda. Linda has been praying for her aunt for many years. I was privileged to share the Gospel with her. After she prayed to make Jesus the Lord of her life, we prayed for healing in her body. She had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I explained to her that God would confirm his Word and that she was healed. The next month we went back to visit her. Her eyes were glowing. She really looked good. Her daughter had been trying to raise funds for her to receive chemo. I told her firmly not to get the chemo until she was checked out by a doctor, because she was healed. About a week and a half ago, Maria ran into Linda and told her that she had been to the hospital to be checked out. Four doctors and a specialist checked her out and were completely baffled because they couldn't find the cancer. They wondered if she had an operation or something because it was gone. Praise Jesus!!! This is an encouragement to you....sharing the Gospel is powerful. God WILL confirm his Word!

Update 2

Jayson Preaching the Gospel

Howard's boss sent some money to bless children so we were able to buy school supplies for 100 kids. Before we passed out the supplies, Jayson shared Jesus with them. This picture shows the hands that were raised when Jayson asked who would like to make Jesus the Lord of their life. Almost all of the children raised their hands. Afterward, Jayson helped pass out the supplies.

New Uniforms

After talking to some of the kids from Purok Sais and finding out that they couldn't enroll in school because they didn't have uniforms, Jay and I took them on a shopping trip to Binon. We started off by eating lunch at Jollybee's where they all ordered chicken and rice, of course. They were having so much fun. We then went to the market and found shoes for them. The uniforms were not available for their particular school so we headed back to San Jose to the market near our church. There we found all of the uniforms. This is a picture of the kids we took plus some others who stopped by the church after school today. We've also added a slide show of the event. Thank you to all of you who support us. This is just one way that we're passing on the blessing. We made sure to tell them to give thanks to Jesus for everything. Please pray for these kids. They are really trying to live for God.

Update

The David and Josiah Tour

We did a healing festival last Thursday and around 40 people got saved.

This woman had a lump on her throat and it disappeared right under David's hand!!!

We had a youth night at the church on Sunday night over 1000 kids came. Almost half of them raised their hand to receive Christ.

Josiah was a hit with the girls.

Mindanao Trip 08

The healing festival in Pagadian city was amazing. Around 1000 people got saved and there were several miracles. At least three people that were blind received their sight, the one you see in the news cast had gone blind from diabetes and he was completely healed. Deaf ears were opened, crippled people were walking around. It was an amazing time.

This soldier's arm was healed so the commander made him get down and do push ups.

We did a healing festival in a village that was flooded out. We are praying for the flood waters to recede.

This woman had a tumor for eight years and it was instantly healed. She was so excited. God is so good!!!

Local News

Howard and Leslie Arrival

Howard and Leslie arrived on Saturday night. Howard preached at our church on Sunday morning. After his teaching, Howard and Leslie prayed for the sick.

Jay, Howard, Leslie and Tony left for Mindanao early Tuesday morning. The first meeting being held on Wednesday early afternoon. We are expecting awesome things to come out of the meetings.

Bible Study

This is a group of older kids that were not coming to the bible study because there were to many little kids there. So, we set up a separate study for them. They all got born again and we were able to give them Bibles. They have all committed to coming every Saturday so we can disciple them. Praise God!

The Rainy Season is Here

Music Practice

Music Class

Ptr. Tony and I along with some musician's from the church
are having a great time teaching the kids of Purok Sais
worship songs. Since we have started helping the kids
in this area Ptr. Tonys church has doubled in size.

This is J.R. I schooled him in bass on Saturday and on
Thursday he schooled me in basketball.

This is our state of the art drum kit.

Pajama Party

Eleven of "my girls" from my small group spent the night at our house for a "pajama/pineapple juice" party. When you say p.j.'s here it is short for pineapple juice. Therefore, we put the two terms together and that is what we got. The girls thought the name was perfect. We had a wonderful time. I fixed them a dinner of chicken and rice. Nothing new, but they liked how I fixed it. We also drank the pineapple juice.Then they wanted to take their showers and put their pajamas on. They were giddy with excitement. In my mind I was thinking, 11 girls even at 10 minutes each, was going to take a long while. They didn't take too long. They really enjoyed having a shower with warm water. That is something they're not used to. When they came downstairs we made some banana cookies. They had never baked anything before, so this was quite an experience for them. We ate the cookies while watching a movie. After the movie, I had them share their dreams. I loved hearing what they want to do with their lives. They went upstairs to go to bed at around 1am. But, of course, that isn't when they actually went to sleep. I finally went to sleep at 1:30 and woke up to them chatting (loudly) at 6:30. A nap later on would help revive me. We fed them breakfast and took them all home. It was definitely a fun experience for all of us.

Visiting with the Widows

Linda, the lady on the far right, and I visit the widows of our church every Tuesday. Linda picks 4 ladies to visit who live in close proximity to each other. We visit, encourage and pray for them. The 2 ladies pictured with Linda are her sisters. The gal on the far left recently gave her life to Jesus after many years of prayers from her sisters.

This woman and her children lost her husband/father right before Easter. Linda is her sister-in-law. Linda brought me to the house with hopes that they would listen to the Gospel. I shared with them the Gospel and they said "yes" to Jesus! Linda was so excited as we left their home. She will be meeting with them for a Bible study weekly. Once again, there have been many years of prayers leading up to their decision.

Unplugged Worship

We had an acoustic worship service this morning, not because it's a cool thing to do but because there was a "brown out". It turned out to be a sweet time of worship.

Ptr. Sonny, his wife Jing, and their son Isaac are here from Thailand. They are missionaries sent out from the F.R.E.E. Mission. Pastor Paul and I visited them last year. They are doing great things for God among the Muslims in southern Thailand where they live. He preached today about how we are all called to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The "Evening Teens"

This is a group of young people from Purok Sais who are called the "Evening Teens". They are a group of kids who have decided to refrain from drugs & alcohol. Ptr. Tony and Ptr. Jay had visited them previously and at that time, they requested having a Bible study. This past week Ptr. Tony invited them to come and learn guitar, key board or the "hands ministry". First they listened to Ptr. Jay give the Gospel message where they all made Jesus, Lord of their lives.

After the alter call, they broke up into different groups depending on their interests.

Jay counted 32 youth but thought there were more that he couldn't see to count. Praise God!

Unwelcome Backyard Visitor

He's in the process of "expiring". Jay did the duty of spraying last night and this morning the results were visible. He's about 1 1/2" long. I've been reading up on the critters. This particular breed generally likes the outside but when doors get open, they get caught in the house. That's not good! So Jay comes to the rescue with the bug spray... and gone are the roaches. I'm getting
quite an education on so many things here.

Johann's Birthday

Aunt (Tita) Portia preparing the Spaghetti for Johann's 2nd Birthday Party

Johann had daddy re-light the candle 3 times. He enjoyed blowing it out. Such a cutie.

Jayson is enjoying his hotdog kabob which included marshmallows and something else that we were unable to identify. The kids put them together and seemed to like them.

Grandma (Lola) Lourdes and Aunt (Tita) Portia

Aunt (Tita) Pressy enjoying her cake.

Amazing Sunday

walking into Purok Sais

Pastor Tony, who pastors the area of Purok Sais, was talking to his congregation on Sunday when a woman came running into the church. This lady who Jay and Tony have invited to church countless times had been listening to her radio when all of a sudden the program changed to Pastor Tony talking about Purok Sais. That's when she left her house running to the church. She
ended up making Jesus, Lord of her life. She brought the radio into the church later and whenever Ptr. Tony talked into the mic, her radio would pick it up. Just an amazing story.

Our Trip to the Embassy

On the way to pick up our passports, the vehicle started acting like it had a flat tire. We were on a very busy freeway. We knew we needed to get off to find a gas station. We saw a familiar exit and took it. As we were coming down the offramp, the vehicle acted like we had a tire blow out. It was a scary situation, with Jay using all of his super-human strength to keep the vehicle going straight.

After stopping the vehicle and noticing that all tires were perfectly fine, we realized that the tortion bar to the rear axle had severed. Wow! God had us covered though. As we were standing there evaluating the situation, the head of security for the university that we were parked in front of, stopped and asked if our vehicle was broken. Jay showed him the situation and asked if he knew of a welder.

We just happened to be parked in front of the maintenance part of the school and they had a welder there. Praise God! This really was an amazing situation. It's hard to put into words just how blessed we were to be stopped where we were and to have the right people at hand to help us.

The welder made the bar extra strong until we can replace it permanently.

After many hours we made it to the U.S. Embassy. This horse drawn carriage was parked across the street. Jayson and I want to ride one. On another trip. Our whole trip took us 7 hours. Traffic is amazing here!

Praise Reports

Anna-Lisa's small group prayed for two of the girls to get jobs and within the week both of them had jobs. Praise God!

There is a gentleman in our church that has been battling some kidney problem and is on dialysis. After praying with him and because of his strong faith, he has now gone from having the dialysis twice a week to once a week. Before he wasn't strong enough to walk but just this last Sunday, he came to church and walked to the front. Praise God!

In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever. Selah. Psalm 44:8

Speaker at Graduation

My big speech went well. I was addressing the 6th grade graduates who will now be attending high school. The students graduate from high school at the end of 10th grade.

Backyard Visitor

He just sat there watching me hang the clothes up to dry. Such an amazing color.

Jayson Honored

Jayson in line for the processional.

Jayson just received his gold bar pin for being an honor student.

Jayson is pretty excited about this whole event. We are going to celebrate by going to watch the
movie, "Horton Sees A Who".

Easter

Jayson is having fun decorating Easter eggs. We had to do it the old-fashioned way using food dye just like when we were kids. We had some friends over for dinner. Their kids had so much fun with the egg hunt. It was fun to watch their excitement with this new experience.

My Small Group

Here some of the girls in Anna-Lisa's small group. They are studying "The Believer's Authority"
book. She is really enjoying her time with them.

School's Out For Summer!

Jayson passed his final exams with flying colors. He is now officially a Grade 2 Student. Woohoo!

It's Volcano Week

We took a boat out to see Taal, it's like a huge Crater Lake with an active volcano in the middle.
It was a long hike to the top but very beautiful .

Filipino Harley

This is a Honda 155 cc every piece of sheet metal has been replaced with stainless. Check out the
comfy seat