Faith Center Youth in the Philippines

The youth from Faith Center Church came to stay with us for 2 weeks. Our goal was to keep them busy. First we traveled about 5 hrs north to the province of Nueva Ecija, where we did 2 music and healing festivals. We did one in the town of Quezon and one in the town of Santo Domingo. Then we brought them back here to Cavite where they used their gifts at a multi-church youth conference. About 20 local F.R.E.E. Mission churches together brought over 700 of their youth. We had another music and healing festival in a new upstart church in Kubuhan. We then took them to the beach for a couple of days of R&R. We did one more music and healing festival in Purok Sais to end their trip. It was a very busy 2 weeks to say the least. The team did a great job of sharing and showing the love of Jesus where ever they went. There were hundreds of people born again at the festivals and many lives changed through the healing power of God. The impact that they had here was great. We are still hearing testimonies of their love and generosity. From all of us here, we love you and thank you very much. Maraming, maraming salamat po!

Music and Healing Festival in Quezon

The people came by truckloads to the evening event in Quezon, Nueva Ecija.

The venue was an outdoor restaurant. They were expecting 200 people and were pleasantly surprised when 300 showed up.

Everyone loved the music

About 150 people came up to receive Jesus. After the healing prayer a lot of of people testified of how God had healed them.

Faith Center Youth in Santo Domingo

There was close to 1,000 people at the "Music and Healing" festival in Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija. People came from miles around.

The Elevate Generation worship team set the atmosphere for the evening with exciting praise music.

Lots of people accepted Jesus after the Gospel message was shared.

People also came up to receive healing. This man suffered from the aftermath of a stroke and could not walk without a cane. Our friend Luke felt moved to pray for him and walked the gentleman around the court until he could walk on his own. The whole crowd was focused on him until he received his healing and then erupted with a loud cheer.

Faith Center Youth in Kubuhan

The day started off with the team going door-to-door inviting people to the afternoon Children's program and to the evening "Music and Healing" program. In this picture the team is being introduced to the children. Pastor Bong's wife, Cielito planned a wonderful program filled with traditional Filipino dances, games, and the Gospel message presented by our son, Jayson and Pastor Seth's daughter, Zoe.

Jayson did a great job of sharing the Gospel message.

Zoe did a wonderful job of sharing the healing story of blind Bartimaeus.

After the Gospel, the kids prayed to receive Jesus and to have hands layed on them for healing.

Pastor Bong and his wife Cielito (who is expecting their third son) and their 2 boys.

Traditional Dances and Games

The church members in Kubuhan performed some traditional Filipino dances for us.The object of this one was not to get your feet pinched between the bamboo poles.They invited the American guests to try it, which gave everyone a good laugh. It was a lot harder than it looked.

This is another traditional dance done with candles.

These are the guys that spent 5 hrs working their way up a 30 foot, greased bamboo pole to collect a bag of money that was attached at the top.

Music and Healing Festival in Kubuhan

The day started off wet and rainy but cleared up in the afternoon. By the time the festival started, all that was left was mud. If we had known ahead of time, we would have all bought rubber boots.

The musicians and the dancers were amazing

There were around 300 people present that night. Several people came up to receive Jesus. When we were done praying, people came up to have hands laid on them for healing. It was amazing watching God's healing power set people free. Pastor Bong has a church of around 50 people. The majority of them are women. The biggest miracle for him happened within the next few days as the men of the community started receiving Christ and coming to church.

Faith Center Youth in Purok Sais

We started off the day visiting door to door and invited the children to come to the church for a children's program in the afternoon. We also invited everyone to the "Music and Healing Festival" being held that evening.

The kids had a great time playing games, singing songs and getting their faces painted. Jayson and Zoe gave the Gospel message through an interpreter and they all prayed a salvation prayer together.

That night, even though it rained, we had about 200 people listening to the program. Some of them were standing on the other side of the fence or were listening from their homes. A lot of people came up to receive Jesus after the gospel was preached. Unfortunately, the night was cut short because of rain. Later that week, Pastor Tony told us about some testimonies of miracles that took place that night. One of the coolest things that happened was that several members of the local gang were present and they stayed for the whole time. Anna-Lisa, along with our friend Pressy, was able to personally lead one of them to the Lord at the end of the evening.