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| On February 8th, just 9 days shy of the fourth anniversary of the fire, we were able to begin to move into the new mission center. We are still waiting on the official “move in permit” but city officials gave us permission to go ahead and move in. Haha! Workers are still around trying to finish completely, but it is so great to finally be able to occupy!
The new center is truly awesome, and will bring glory to the Lord as humble pastors come here to be trained in the Stealth Evangelism Program which will enable them to create armies of Soul winning soldiers to “Win the Philippines!” and then “Win the world!” During the last 4 years we have continued doing the training through mobile trainings on the other islands which has been really effective and we will continue these impactive trainings in the future. This enables us to reach places where pastors could never dream of receiving such trainings. They can’t afford to travel to Manila for the training and can barely afford to travel much distance even on their own Island. Our heart goes out to these pastors that are in extreme poverty and need the training so much to build their churches. They are so sacrificial that they continue in ministry many times holding 2 or more jobs to keep the doors of their churches open. For years we have been training these pastors so they can build their churches thru the harvest. As they win new converts their church grows because of the evangelism. Ultimately they have more members and more members mean more workers in the church and more finances to build the church. We want desperately to help the pastors get their churches into a position that they don’t have to work secular jobs and they can pastor their members without this extreme poverty. Do I hear an Amen?! Praise the Lord! We are now about to continue with even greater momentum. Now when pastors come here they are so blessed, most having never stayed in a beautiful place like this and they are so inspired by the love and the awesome Stealth Evangelism Training! When you partner with us, you are helping these pastors build their churches with new converts! That means you’re sowing into souls of men that will be in heaven because of your giving. There is no more noble cause on earth than the winning of souls, giving people the opportunity to know Jesus. Can you think of anything more important to your family than the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ? As a father, I led my daughter Felicity to the Lord when she was a little girl. When she was 32 she died serving the Lord in the mission field. In her life time there was nothing I ever gave her that meant more than her relationship to Jesus! Please hear me! We need to reach the world with the Gospel, reach as many as we can before we die. So this is your opportunity to sow into many, many, many people like Felicity who is now with Jesus. Can you remember what it was like to not know Jesus? So there are literally billions that need Jesus! Let’s do something about it together. We are coming in to the end of the construction of the new center with about $58,000 debt which is not much, but it is hard for us to service any debt, and we know that the Lord would have us debt free, Amen? Please pray about helping with that and anything monthly would be a huge blessing enabling us to travel to the remote places on the Islands and hold seminars for these wonderful, humble pastors that need God’s training! Please Read this article about our first seminar this year! It epitomizes what I was sharing with you in the first article that I wrote! I wrote the article and then later read what Pastora Remy wrote below! It’s a blessing guys! Love y’all, Tony & Calli |
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Above left: Pastora Remy and Pastora Siony getting ready to leave on the 100klm motorbike ride to Butulan, Davao Occidental Above right: First class of 2020 |
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First Seminar in “uttermost part of the earth” |
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| After having one seminar in Davao, Mindano Island canceled because of an earthquake, another canceled from ash fall from the nearby Taal volcano (we even had quite the mess to clean up here at the mission center!), and just last week we had to postpone another one because of a military operation due to insurgency! Wow, the enemy is really mad! Finally we were able to complete our first batch of 2020.
The first batch for 2020 was definitely in compliance to that “uttermost part” of the world, haha! It was only accessible by motorbike, 100klms away from Glan, Sarangani which is also an hour away from General Santos airport. It is the southernmost municipality in the mainland of Mindanao Island and the 2nd largest municipality in Davao Occidental. With a poverty rate of 65%, most of the constituents had barely reached secondary level of education, but each of the attendees had a burning desire on how they could serve the Master to the maximum. In their poverty, they have a wealth of experience with unbelievers and it is whom their heart would beat just as Jesus Heartbeat is for lost souls. In their lack of knowledge dwells the abundance of desire to increase their limited arsenal of soul winning tools. 36 graduates including 9 pastors responded to God’s mandate of the Great Commission, and over 1,690 new souls were led to the Lord. These newly activated soul winners had their 20/20 vision clear for 2020, and that they all pledged to make evangelism a way of life, realizing that for them to bear fruit, they are to go and reach souls outside the four corners of their churches. They have been adamant and reluctant witnesses of the Lord, but now discovered that they are the legs and mouth of our King. Hallelujah!!! |
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| God has given them breakthrough in so many areas of their life. For one, they have gladly exposed themselves to the English bible (as we are using our Soulmate Bible). Loralie was crying out of joy because for so many years, she wanted to share the Gospel to her Best friend, but does not know how to do it without spoiling the relationship, but thank God for the 357 Magnum Technique, she now found a non-confrontational and friendly method.
The students enjoyed the practicums despite the scorching heat of the sun and has been very focused listening to the lessons and did not even show being bothered with brownouts or electrical interruptions. They welcomed us very well and treated us as if their life depended on us. Truly, by God’s grace, we brought new life to these people who were transformed from meek and shy to bold and offensive in the area of soul winning. Jonamis declared that he exudes an air of confidence now, as before the training, he has this inferiority complex and used to be timid. He used to be a regular church attender only, contented with Sunday service but now he found his purpose and how he can best serve GOD thru evangelism. And the greatest discovery he had during the seminar, was that, he needed to be born again himself! And he prayed the Salvation Prayer to receive Jesus!! Praise the Lord! Guess what, he’s now born again! Yeah!!!! Pastora Charita, with her 7 leaders, had walked 3 hours to reach the venue because no means of transport available in their area. Speaking a dialect different to the rest of attendees, they were surprised they were able to master the technique. It is because of its simplicity! Now they can go back to their region to win unbelievers that are resisting receiving Jesus in their hearts. Who can contest Jesus command for them to be born again? John 3:7 One pastor who had just attained grade 3 in elementary education was so excited he felt like he was achieving a master’s degree as he is able to perfect the presentation. Truly, God is not a respecter of persons and He can use anyone in the harvest field. |
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| Words will never be enough to contain how grateful and how privileged we are for being chosen to be equipping and empowering the Lord’s army. As we are in the last days, there is more urgency to reach out to God’s warriors and prepare them to win the battle. No buts, no ifs, no excuses, it must be done NOW even to the uttermost parts of the earth!!!
Praising the Lord, in Christ, |
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| “Win the Philippines! Win the World!” Let’s do it together! |
