Volunteer:Verb: “Offering one’s services freely.”Noun: “Growing spontaneously… from seeds left from a previous crop.” Volunteers are the backbone of our church planting efforts in the Philippines. Church Planting Institute trainees all work as unpaid volunteers. They rejoice when God provides a guitar for worship, or fans or chairs for their humble meeting places. Their selfless … More Volunteer
We asked you to pray for this Aeta tribe in Zambales. Workers from the Malasiqui church went to Zambales to hold an Evangelistic Youth Camp with the Aetas, and over 200 Aeta children came. …And come! These youth workers continued their outreach in Mangaldan among families living as squatters along a discontinued railroad. The Philippine … More Let the Children Come!
It has been three years this month that Joy’s grandmother, “Mom” Sutton, passed on to glory. Just as she wove together multi-colored scraps of cloth to make lovely rag rugs, we are watching God’s Spirit gather a variety of souls to Jesus through the love and witness of Filipino believers. … More Rag Rug Revival
Dear faithful prayer warriors, It’s that time once again! As we write this, David is on a plane to the Philippines. We thought you’d like to have a visual of his long trip! As you can see, it takes over 24 hours including stops to just touch down in the capital. This doesn’t include the … More Bound for the Philippines!
When the monsoon rains come as they should, Filipino farmers can plant for a second harvest of rice. We have been experiencing our own monsoon of blessings this summer, as we traveled to see supporters through thirteen states. On our way, we received word from our Philippine ministry team of an evangelistic outreach among teens … More Rain for Harvest
Good Growth A healthy church is a growing church. This is what we were teaching a supporting Filipino/American church at a retreat in May. We had no idea that God was about to give the church an unforgettable object lesson. We were explaining how church leaders must train others to do everything they do, if … More Growing Things
WD-40 is sprayed on rusted bolts and moving parts to loosen, lubricate and make tools like new again. On a spiritual level, the Holy Spirit is doing all of this and more in His churches in the Philippines. … More God’s WD-40
Tuesday morning I head to the Philippines to train church planters and church leaders. … More Prayer Focus
Dear praying folks, Just now I would like to ask for specific prayer. This will be my longest day of teaching Romans, 12 hours. Praise God, I am well rested and prepared. Yesterday, we discussed receiving God’s righteousness (which is Jesus himself) by faith, as the satisfaction for God’s justice on all our sin, past, … More Weaver Trails Part 3
Take 200 teens and counselors, pack them in homemade tents, where it is 95 degrees (at night), send them through 12 challenges that require skill, teamwork, and a generous amount of water and mud, then a few hours of swimming in the ocean to wash it all off, then throw in lots of singing, and a full morning and evening if Bible teaching, and you have evangelism camp. … More Weaver Trail Part 2