Village and City Outreach

Thank you so much for your prayers.  God is doing great things here in the Philippines.  This morning we went to the town square and gave out invitations to the Celebration (the Celebration begins on Thursday night and runs until Sunday).  We had about 20 youth working with us today and we gave out more than 4000 invitations to the Celebration and shared the Gospel with hundreds of people. Hearts were very open to the Gospel.  What joy. Here’s a picture of one of the youth witnessing at the bus station. 

After our time at city square, we went to one of the poorest neighborhoods in this area.  Below is a picture of some of the youth from that village.  They wanted to come to the children’s outreach (KidsFest) on Saturday but they don’t have enough money for a bus ticket.  Pastor Bong and I are working on hiring a bus to come to this village in order to pick up a busload of them.  It gave me so much joy to know that God led me to this village for the purpose of hiring a bus so that these children can come hear about Jesus.  These are things that change people’s lives.  We are expecting about 20,000 children to come and to hear the Gospel on Saturday morning. 

Praise reports:

1.  Many people are hearing the Gospel and God is moving on hearts. 

2.  Christ is raising up youth who have a passion for Christ and are bold in sharing their faith.

3.  I’m healthy; sleep and stomach are normal (this is truly a grace of God!)

4. The churches are united for the sake of reaching the lost here in the Philippines. More than 800 churches are involved in this outreach and are excited. 

Prayer Requests:

1.  Pray for many more people to be born again through our street witnessing and preaching.

2.  For strength, wisdom, and eyes focused on Jesus for all of the Billy Graham workers.  They are working tirelessly in order to pull this off.

3.  For a great revival to take place in the Philippines. 

Let these words be our prayer for the Philippines and for the nations:

Isaiah 43:4-7  “Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.  5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.  6 I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth,  7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."

Father, please bring into Your Kingdom Your sons and daughters.  Please command that Your loved ones, Your bride, be given up from darkness, sin, and Satan.  Let them come from the ends of the earth, whom You created for Your glory, because You are WORTHY.  Open the Lifegate that all may come in, come into Christ and find eternal life!  In Jesus Name.