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We not only purchased a few pieces of her furniture but more importantly were blessed to lead her to Jesus! She is such a precious lady. She was recently widowed when her husband passed away this January. So we all identified with each other in our grieving process. We have been back to see her several times and the last time we were there she gave Tony some of her husband’s shirts. Wow what a needed blessing! Tony gave her the Soul Mate Bible that I talked about in the last newsletter, the one we used to lead her to the Lord.

*Reprint from April’s E-mail
“Note from Calli: When I heard the words that He will give us beauty for ashes, He reminded me of the Soul Mate Bible I had just opened up and wiped the ashes from inside it, pulling the pages apart so I
could put it in my purse ready to be used. I saw all the beautiful souls coming to Jesus through this very Bible the Lord brought through the fire. The enemy thought he would crush us (which he did), but instead he’s just caused us to dig in and go on with more strength and power than ever (God’s perfect strength). Don’t get me wrong, the grief is still there, coming in waves. But with it now I can also feel the Lord bringing us through it, carrying us through it, because I don’t think we would have had the strength to walk through this. Praise the Lord we don’t have to, His grace IS sufficient!”

So we were happy to announce to them that we are going to extend our stay past the General Santos seminar and travel by bus over to Polomolok and bring the seminar to them in their own city, totally free. There will be more than 50 pastors attending this most awaited training in Cotabato. In both of these 2 provinces, meals and materials will be provided by Dunamis.

Pastors from South Cotabato are doing their ministry in the mountains and are part of the Tboli tribe who can hardly support their own ministry but with this training, they have a glimpse of hope that there will be a significant impact/breakthrough in their ministries through perpetual evangelism in their churches.
These are very impoverished pastors that we want to help by bringing the training at no cost to them. Polomolok is 35% Islam and 57% Roman Catholic. With this training they can win their province and turn things around.

General Santos City is the birthplace of renowned boxer Manny Pacquiao. It has a 538,000 population (2010 census) and is predominantly Catholic, with only 8% Protestants. We are so excited to be able to impact both these regions with the Stealth Evangelism Program. We expect many thousands to be saved during these trainings. Please help us financially with these projects. They will cost us around $2,700 total including the air and bus fares for my staff and cost of materials, food, etc. You can sow into thousands of souls by helping support these seminars. Just designate Gen San & Polomolok on your gift. Thank you in advance from all the pastors that will attend and all the souls that will be saved.

The venue for the training is at the 5th District of   Negros Occidental which has 6 Districts, 19 municipalities and 13 cities. 2010 statistics disclosed a total population of 2.94 Million people. The 100 pastors attending the training will surely be the pioneers and front liners in the Evangelism Army of this province being this batch is the very first batch to take the Stealth Evangelism Program.

This seminar will cost us approximately $1,400. What an opportunity to build the Kingdom, Amen? You can sow into these pastor’s lives and the souls of thousands in this mobile seminar by going online and send your financial help immediately. We need your help!

God bless. We love you, Tony, Calli & all at Dunamis

Just a couple of spoonsful of sugar to help the medicine go down!
Grandkids, Miles and Bree were just what the doctor ordered.

The day before Tony and I were scheduled to fly to Zamboanga for the next mission trip, he was checking me into the hospital where I spent the next three days on an IV. I sent him on without me (he was just gone 2 days) and Krystel took over hospital duty taking care of me. (Thank you sweetie.)

Then the day my platelet count was finally above 200 Tony and I found out we both had picked up an ameba which is a deadly water parasite here. Last time Tony had an ameba was in 2006 and he got extremely dehydrated and spent 5 days in the hospital. We nearly lost him. This time we both got it but we knew what to do. So with both of us sick with the same symptoms we went to the doctor and had tests run. Found out for sure we had contracted the ameba. We went on medication immediately and are in the process of healing right now at home. Still having problems and a bit sick at times but we know we’re getting better, Amen? Guess my time of rest was not quite over! Boy, am I ever sick and tired of being sick and tired!! – Calli

Each day seems to present knew ideas of what to do. I don’t want to start anything unless it’s God’s perfect will. Praise God, I need His wisdom to overtake me so that I know that know, Hallelujah! I am at peace right now with not doing a thing till I hear from the Lord.

I’m working with the insurance company to get the claim paid before we start. I’m trying not to get ahead of myself and start doing things that would get us started in one direction when we need to go another. I’m praying for a sound mind through all the stress of this!

Thank you all for praying for us so vehemently all these years and especially during this catastrophe and tragedy.

Love you all, Tony

Little did I know that after the battle between the Philippines and the Islamists in 2013, the place was overtaken by Muslims and most of the local population fled and abandoned their homes to move to Cebu and nearby places. The area is now 80-90% Muslim and the spiritual atmosphere was more Islamic than we expected. Big shock for us! Very dark area.

It was the most difficult practicum we ever had, the most number of rejections, and the first time to have to go out for practicums wearing our Dunamis IDs so we will not be apprehended. Soldiers in combat uniform were everywhere in the area and we were a bit scared to go around as scrutinizing eyes were following us since they can identify who are the new settlers or visitors there.

Despite the prevailing, not so good circumstances, the pastors and leaders won more than 900 souls to the Lord and the students renewed their hope and confidence to win souls amidst a now Muslim dominated city.

Note from Tony: I had to stay in the Hotel the whole time I was there. They didn’t want me to go out without a full escort. Since we left there, there have been 15 Philippine soldiers killed in that area. Also, 2 Canadians have been kidnapped with the threat of beheading. We slipped in to a very dark region and trained 27 pastors and leaders. Let’s just Praise the Lord together!

Ptr William Acuzar was advised by his senior pastor in Surigao City who had 2 batches of Stealth Evangelism in 2015 to organize a batch in his location. Now knowing how to promote the Program, he invited his colleagues, & leaders to attend and experience this awesome training.

A missionary for several decades, who used to do 4-8 revival crusades every month, he was surprised and amazed how the 357 magnum technique could win a soul in 5 minutes which causes revival. He is now organizing the 2nd batch to be conducted at the center of Cebu.

The batch led 1,096 souls to the Lord, and one special testimony of a soul being won was the mother of a leader who attended. He’s been born again for years, but he could not share to his mom who was a devout Catholic, but he was able to share the Gospel to his mother during one of the practicums, who was unable to resist and even cried after praying the sinner’s prayer.

Glory to God!