Tony & I with mom this past August.
Homecoming for our biggest fan
Sue Bemis August 1, 1921 – January 30,2014
My mom passed away Friday evening, January 30th. She was 93 and was always our biggest fan. She loved to get our newsletters and loved to share them with her friends. I thank the Lord for her. As a single mom she raised me in church where I found the Lord. She was such a giver her whole life, she taught me to tithe from the very first dollar I made. She was both a precious lady of God and the greatest mom I could have ever had. It was such a blessing to have her support, my only regret is that we had to sacrifice our time with her this last decade in order to do the work God called us to do here in the Philippines. Yet, her door was always open to us when we were able to return to the states every year or two and we valued that special time of being with her after so much time apart. She was an incredible woman, strong, caring, and independent, amazingly living on her own until the age of 92. We know she is in a better place now, where her earthly body isn’t holding her back anymore. She lived a long fruitful life and was ready to go home to be with Jesus.
I looked up the scripture she had listed as her favorite reading in her notes for her final wishes. It was Romans 10:14-15. Wow, of all the scriptures she could have chosen. “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
Mom will always be an important part of our ministry, and the seeds she planted will continue to produce a harvest for endless years to come. I Love you, Mom, and I will miss you dearly…I already do. – Calli
Mom, It’s been amazing the transition we had in our lives from you being mother in law to mom after my precious mother past years ago. I was amazed by your strength and Godly character. All your life, you were a giver to the church, friends and your family. You gave of yourself to all your family and friends. I will really miss seeing you when we go to the states. Like Calli, I loved staying with you when we were there. You and I became mates in the 39 years I’ve been married to your precious loving daughter. Thanks mom, for being there for us through good weather and bad, always a loving mom to Calli, me, and the kids. All of us miss you already! – Tony
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Surigao City was the first place I preached in the Philippines in October 1997. We were there for more than a week then traveled to Palawan Island for more than a week. All in all we were here for 3 weeks. When I got on the plane to come home I looked over at Calli while I was adjusting the air-con in the ceiling and said these infamous words that were not at all prophetic, “Calli, I shall Not return!” I believe I miss called the future somewhat. Here we are more than 17 years later and we’ve lived in the Philippines 12 years now! We first returned in 1999. I-eeeee! The shall not return must have been for the US eh?
100 Pastors to be trained next week in Surigao!
We are traveling down south to Surigao on Mindanao Island to do a 100 Pastor seminar on February 24-27. I’m sending in an advance team on the 23rd to train 10 monitors for it. This is the largest pastors seminar we’ve attempted to do, because of our standard we set. We know what it takes to accomplish this and we are very excited about this one. That means we will impact 100 churches in one 3 day seminar! This will give these pastors the tools and weapons to conduct trainings and create reapers clubs in all their churches. This will make them all grow exponentially through the harvest of souls, Amen? They will be building their churches upon the “Rock” so they can withstand all the storms of life.
It is costing us about $1,000 including airfares for staff and volunteers to do this seminar. The group of pastors we are training are with Jesus Reigns Church here in the Philippines and they are shouldering the rest of the costs for food and venue and accommodations. The seminar itself will cause around 6,000+ people to be saved, then ongoing evangelism when the pastors start reapers clubs in their respective churches. This will account for 100 plus souls being won through each church every month. The numbers will be staggering. This is the beginning of huge waves of evangelism that will break out everywhere we have mobile seminars. We need your help monthly to do these seminars . Please consider partnering with us to reach millions of souls.
If you don’t have the funds to help financially, you may know someone that does have the ability to help and would love to hear about this awesome Kingdom building ministry. You could share with them about what we are doing and the fact that we need help. We could do so many more mobile seminars impacting even more pastors and churches if we had the funds to do it. It cost us for the average seminar where we have to travel off this Island about $1,200 to $1,500 according to the size. Surigao was cheaper because of the churches’ participation. Regardless, what an opportunity for Christians to sow into the Kingdom of God helping reach the lost through equipping our men and woman of God. There are people looking for good ground to sow into. We believe with all our heart this is really good ground. We are impacting so many churches which causes them to grow and many churches being planted because of this awesome training. If any of you would like to come and experience this training and the Philippines just call or email us at tcp1976@aol.com or magic jack telephone number 1-806-416-2313. That number will reach me here and is free from your cell phone.
Love you all, Tony
Tony training pastors in Baguio last week.
Stealth Evangelism arrived
in Baguio City Feb 12-14, 2015
Baguio City known for its cold temperature is now neutralized with the fire of Evangelism in the hearts of pastors who attended the three day program of Stealth Evangelism. Organized by National Auxiliary Chaplaincy Philippines (NACPHIL) Pastor Oscar Joaquin. The event took place at Harvest Network Center, in Brgy Itogon, Tuding, Benguet which was attended by pastors of different churches, including Jesus Reigns and places as far as Dagupan City.
It was our batch 99. They won 759 new souls to the Lord and did 496 presentations, amidst the cool temperature of 15 degrees Celsius. They shared the Good News to people from all walks of life including the poorest of the poor. This was God’s appointed time as He brought them the people who needed Him most at that time. One of which was a 17 year old girl who was contemplating having an abortion because her boyfriend had run away. After she accepted the Lord Jesus as her Lord and Savior and counseling with one of the pastors, she and the pastor agreed to keep in touch and to accept another visit. Another one was a 19 year old girl in a severe depression stage, she was a backslider and agreed to have a Bible Study group in her area with the sharing Pastor. These Pastors kept all the contact numbers of the new souls won for them to follow up and disciple.
A day after leaving Baguio, I received calls from pastors who had heard of the success of the Stealth Evangelism Program and were moved to request that the training be brought to their places in Dagupan, Zambales and Tarlac. They too, were infected with the disease of winning souls through the graduates of the Baguio Stealth Evangelism training and wanted to be taught how to be contagious believers!
Every time a batch is completed, the more I feel the sense of urgency to OCCUPY TIL HE COMES! (Luke 19:13) I feel so privileged to be part of the team who is training God’s remnant!
– Pastora Remy Mordeno, Dunamis office manager and trainer
Pictures from the practicums in Baguio. Sharing Jesus with people in the park.
Our first practicum…what a
challenging moment!
Pastora Margarita B. Comila
Jesus Reigns Ministries, Tayug, Pangasinan
When I received the text message from Dunamis International about the Stealth Evangelism Seminar being held in Baguio, I was curious, “What is Stealth?” Praise God, the instructor described what the Stealth meant extremely well during the first session of the seminar, and I was excited to continue . I captured the theme of the course during the first lecture and became silent and praised the Lord in my heart because several months ago I was thinking, praying, and planning new strategies on how we would improve our evangelism thrust in our church. Another thing that struck me was that I’m a pastor and had attended many trainings and seminars, yet I’ve never been to seminar of this standard or caliber where I was enlightened so much on evangelism.
As we began our practicum (evangelism exercises) we proceed to a park together, “Oh, what a challenging moment!” Some people ignored us, others would listen then reject what we are sharing. None the less, almost all souls I’ve approached accepted Jesus as their Savior. Praise God! The practicum was worth the effort!
During the lectures and practicums, I was getting excited to return to my church and share and apply all that I have learned, and I’m looking forward to seeing more souls added to our church, and more workers and more finances for more ministry!
Lastly I’m so grateful to the Lord for bringing me to another level/deeper dimension of serving Him in His vineyard. Thank God for the life of Pastor Tony and all Dunamis Intl. Staff.
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