What is a Missions trip? Recently I read about how one should prepare for a missions trip and it brought to mind a phrase coined by John Lennon which was, “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” Now someone’s first thought might have been,
The Massacre at a Connecticut School As I read about the twenty year old who killed his own mother and then went to a school where she worked and killed little children between the ages of 5-10 years old and also a couple of adults. I was not surprised. I
At Christmas Time -Godly Perspective When I first came to Payatas I was aghast at many things. The poor, the destitute, the uneducated,suffering children,,, One thing however, stuck in my mind. The people had no hot water. No hot water for washing dishes or taking a shower or bath. It
Our Sixth Year Report At the end of our six years here in the Philippines I would like to give account for the work that has been done here by the grace of God. We started preaching the Gospel in a couple of the squatters homes. We fed people that
SAVE THE PAYATAS KIDS I looked down and there was a sweet little girl, dirty and wearing ragged clothes. Her big brown eyes staring me down and her little hand stretched out as her life depended on it. Then I looked around and saw children everywhere. Hopeless little children trying
I was locked out of Face Book (herein called FB) for about 18 hours. This made me realize how hooked I am on it. Now before you go bashing me as a Preacher who has sold his soul to the devil in order to be tied to such a cultic
When Romney is President we do not need good old boy biz as usual. It is time for change and some rational thinking. We want to encourage profit and all should be taxed by percentage. No loopholes! Under a certain income-no tax. Poor people can’t pay tax. Education is not
Who We Are When we are born we are as they say, Tabula Rasa which means a blank slate. We need to fill that slate with knowledge. This knowledge is always shared. It comes from outside sources. Usually our first knowledge comes from Siblings, Parents, close friends and relatives. As
God & Abortion If you are reading this and you don’t believe in God or the Bible as His word it will be pointless for you unless it turns you into a believer. However with that said, I have been studying the Bible for 43 years and do you know,
Luk 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? Luk 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Over and
On the subject of that famous (now infamous) preacher, Jack Schaap from Hammond, Indiana , I feel that I should weigh in. If you are sitting there saying, “Who the heck is this guy to voice an opinion?” Has anyone heard of him? Does he belong to our group? You
All you need to do is Google the Payatas and you will soon be aware of a place whose streets are lined with trash and garbage trucks are the most utilized method of transportation. Little children, “knee high to a caterpillar” as they say , roam the streets with burlap
The Real mind of the Missionary The frailty of the human life being what it is, I wanted to write about myself a bit. I am writing partly I guess just to justify the thoughts which go through my head although I seldom know if they are right or wrong.
