We have such a God serving holiday as Thanksgiving, why would we then celebrate,
a Devil serving holiday as Halloween?
You might say, “Oh, no one pays attention to that.” Then I will ask, is it the same with Thanksgiving?
Do you only regard the turkey and fixings and having the day off as being nothing?
or do you regard the giver of all those things along with all the blessings you have received? Do you love the God of the feast?
By celebrating Halloween, whether you know it, you are doing the same thing.
Do some deep thinking and make sure only the God who blesses is in your life and not share Him with the other.
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Next month is our 15th Anniversary of serving the people in Payatas. If you would, donate to the college fund.

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All our kids are excelling. Little ones are getting 100 peso rewards and the bigger ones are getting Jollibee but my oldest daughter, Laura, needs some press. She was the batch rep in the University of the Philippine, but she dropped that to run for Councilwoman. She won.
She is a born leader. She teaches adult English every week at Church. She teaches a young man, violin, in Washington over the internet.
She is also tutoring 3-4 kids in our Church and has been teaching over the internet as a volunteer to help the youth in the community, There is more, but I don’t want to brag that much!

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We are thankful for our friends in Canada who sent us
$300 so we could buy food and distribute it to the needy in our community.
Remember, if you send money for a specific purpose, we use it for that purpose.

We still have $350 in the college fund and $1600 in the car fund.
We need $2,150 for college and $400 for the car.

Our many thanks to all the generous people who have given money or sent boxes. You are always in our prayers.

Have you ever thought to yourself, why am I here?
Maybe you get up, go to work, come home and repeat.
Or maybe you get up, get your husband out to work, the kids to school, make the beds, clean the house, do all the running around and have snacks when the kids return and  dinner ready when your husband gets home

Here in Payatas we are still under hard restrictions. Some people are working, some are reduced and some, not at all.
Our friends in Canada sent funds, so we could minister to those souls who require it. One woman said you have come just in time, we did not have food for tonight.

I guess I can emphasize because I remember as a kid, I watched my father cover his face with his hands and cried because he had no idea how he was going to pay the bills.

If you never experienced poverty you are more apt to be judgmental. You might call people bums, or they just don’t want to work. My father went to work in blizzards. He worked the night shift and even if he was sick, he went.
In Payatas these people are hard workers. Their pay isn’t too hot but their spirit is.

So we feed them when we can. We share all the boxes of blessings that come in each week. We teach their children and have a 7 day a week feeding program for the kids.

Click here to see the work!

We still visit homes and do all we can to bring the Gospel to Payatas.

COLLEGE FUND
Our College fund has stopped at $300. Two of our students dropped out because of lack of funds. We need $3000 to put them in and get them an education.

Our car fund is stopped at $1,400 coming short of our goal of a $2000 down payment.

Our funding in General has practically stopped. If it wasn’t for some steady supporters it would be much worse.

I pray it’s not as bad where you are, But God is good and will bring us through it.

On a good note, Laura has the choir and musicians practicing for what will hopefully be our best Christmas Cantata ever.

We are praying for our supporters and are very thankful for all you do.

Please remember us. It will be 15 years this November that our physical Church has existed. The last five years of this 20-year plan will be our turning point.

Almost the entire Church had the flu (Yes, I bet you haven’t heard of that) No one would go to the Doctor as they would say we all had Covid and throw us in the hospital.

Can’t happen you say? My mother in law was isolated from everyone. She fell so they took her to the hospital, said she had Covid, put her in a Covid ward with sick people, and a couple of days later she died of Covid.
We had a young boy were we helping to get a cleft pallette operation. They tested him, said he had Covid and should come back in three months. He had a cough that went away the next day and did not return.
Almost our entire Church was sick.
I myself was sick longer than them all. I had fever, headache, weakness… for three weeks! People my age that get the flu usually die. I would not go to the doctor and today I am fine as well as the entire Church.
God allowed it and also got us through it!

Laura decided we should fight to stay healthy so she started an exercise program. In Church and weekdays via Zoom.

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Despite being sick and the new extended lock downs we have been able to push through and continue God’s work. I prayed that God would let us continue and we have passed through all roadblocks. One soldier asked if I would pray for them. God is great!

So we are continuing all ministries. Feeding, Education, Music, boxes, Visitation… Next week we will be giving out clothes and other items at a local venue.
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Sad News
One of our college students has discontinued her studies to become a CPA as we have not received enough donations. Another young lady is dropping out from becoming an Engineer. She is looking for a cheaper college. Even though, cheaper does not mean better in the Philippines. Pray that they may continue.When financial dips hit here, Children stop school.