Thursday, March 29, 2007

So many things have happened these past several months, that we are first going to report all our praises.

Praise God with us for the events and blessings he has orchestrated since our last post:

December

  • Praise God for a successful Christmas Party for our friends at the bridge. More than 70 people from the community gathered in the back room at Jolly Bee (fast food restaurant) to fellowship, eat, hear some powerful testimonies, and be blessed by a gospel presentation by our guest speaker, Pastor Noel Alberto.Many kneeled down in prayer to make Jesus their Lord. We also are thankful for our fellow servants from Crossroads Fellowship who donated toys for the kids and helped serve.
  • Praise God for providing an opportunity for Sean to teach a group of pastors each week in Alabang.

January

Praise God

  • for a wonderful All Asia Missions Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • for the baptism of our friend, Marife, who came to Christ during her time with us here in Manila.
  • for the safe arrival of Jessica’s parents from the states
  • for God’s hand on Tyler as he continued to battle some asthma attacks
  • for the new role he has given Jessica as the Area Business Manager for our mission. She is now responsible for managing our mission’s finances and our mission office in Manila with two staff members.

February

Praise God

  • For the successful surgery on little Angelo’s cleft palate. This is his second operation which focused on the inside of his mouth.
  • For the successful surgery on Baby Edrian’s cleft palate. (Read his story here).
  • For God’s help in making Isabella’s interview at the U.S. Embassy go smoothly. She is now officiallyjavascript:void(0)
    Publish recognized as a US citizen born abroad and has now been issued a US Passport.
  • For God’s protection over Kian and the rest of the middle schoolers at Faith Academy, during their weeklong outdoor education camp out.
  • For God’s protection in travel for Jessica, as she flew to Cebu for a meeting with the Mission Council, and for God’s guidance in the meeting.
  • For a great conference for Sean in Mindanao that focused on reaching the Muslim community and training others to do so.

March

Praise God

  • For a nice family break with Jessica’s parents before they left again for the states.
  • For keeping Tyler’s asthma under control for 6 weeks straight now.

PLEASE PRAY FOR:

  1. God’s guidance for the doctors operating on Jerwin, a young man from the bridge who is getting a prosthetic eye (he was blinded in one eye as a child).
  2. Praise God for the ministry of Resources for the Blind, that the only expenses involved so far for Jerwin’s surgery has been for medication and sutures. The doctors and hospital fees have been covered.
  3. Kian and Christian as they take their SAT exams this week
  4. For Grace as she begins to attend preschool at Faith Academy, leaving in the mornings with her brothers at 6:30 am and returning after 2:30pm.
  5. For Sean as he continues to teach pastors from CCF in Alabang, and as he leads the cell group ministries at our own EFC church, Crossroads Fellowship.
  6. For Jessica as she adjusts to her new role.
  7. For Christian, who has had several bouts of fever over the last few weeks. It seems to go away and then come back again. This week, he seems to be better. Please pray that whatever was ailing him is really gone for sure now.
  8. For guidance for our future home, as we pray about whether to move and where exactly God would have us live.
  9. Please pray for God to bring more members to our financial support team, as we continue to be below our assigned monthly support.