December 2015

Christmas Miracles! Although we did not make our goal for the PBC Payatas Kids Christmas Celebration, But God met all the needs and they had a blast. Then we went caroling and did not meet the usual amount of money from that but God made that happen also. Now we...

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November 2015

FORGOTTEN NOVEMBER NEWS This has to be the first time in nine years that I have forgotten to write a Newsletter. We have been so busy here at the Church that I haven’t had time to sit down and think. Do you ever get that way? Sometimes we get so...

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October 2015

LEAVING IT ALL! THREE BAPTISMS! Click the Pic! Click photo to see the other Photographs.   BLESSINGS! God is faithful and always seeks our good. A dear supporter sent a package of Italian delicacies. I went to town eating, Sopresata, Genoa Salami, Real Provolone, Mozzarella, and a bunch more. It...

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September 2015

  When searching for images that represent peace, I naturally inserted the word “Peace” in the Google search engine. The result of that was thousands of peace signs. As a teen, we thought they were cool but as we got older, we realized it was a broken, inverted cross. The...

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August 2015

“JUST AS IN THE DAYS OF NOE… “Mat 24:37  But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Mat 24:38  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until...

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July 2015

            9 Years of Successful Ministry   Nine years ago we arrived here in the Philippines. Everything here was so different than home. We were not quite sure how we would start our ministry. We decided than that God would have to do everything as...

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June 2015

        Try Walking in our Shoes…     www.payatasmissionoutreach.org Or, sitting in our seats… Good friends of ours surprized us this month. I looked up and saw my friend waving in the door way. I could not believe my eyes. Him, his wife and their two handsome boys just...

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May 2015

inShare 29 May 2015            Life is about education. From the time we are born we are learning and how we are taught designates how we will eventually live on our own. Poverty and despair has been taught here in Payatas for years and they have done a good job...

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April 2015

  Our Flowers are Growing Vacation Bible School April was a wonderful month and as they say, The showers are preparing the flowers. Our children are growing strong on all levels. We had our Vacation Bible School on april 20-25. Click on the link and go through the four sections...

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March 2015

  School Days, School Days, dear old golden rule days You might say, “Why are you singing about school when it’s almost summer vacation?” Well, that’s because school starts in April here in the Philippines and unlike back home, these kids are so excited about it. Perhaps it’s because many...

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February 2015

    Ah February! A time of anticipation. The month of love. She loves me, she loves me not. The time when we have gotten tired of winter (in those cold places) and anticipate the new sprouts of the Daffodils and the tulips and signs of Spring. And even that...

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January 2015

New Year, New Things Feed the poor I have heard people who claim to be Christians say we should not feed anyone. They think it’s a Socialist program and we become a Socialist Church. Rather than answer them, I ignore them. There is no sense having a battle of wits...

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