It's not the last

It's back to the Philippines again. The last family that we visited in Tay Tay during the house-to-house visitation was Joselynn's family.

Joselynn' family

In the picture: Joselynn (in blue), Charmy (lil girl in pink), Eva (lady in pink), Kyle (boy in red)

Joselynn's family is a family of 6. Joselynn and her husband, Melchor, and four children, Jansedrick, Charmy, Clarjin and Kyle.

Let us pray for...
1) Joselynn as she is training to be a song leader in the church.

2) Protection upon her husband, Melchor, as he is working as a mineral water vendor, which is a very dangerous job as he workplace is on the road whereby, he tries to sell the mineral water when the cars stop at the traffic light and so on.

3) The 4 children, that they will have good health and will be able to finish their studies.

4) Joselynn can help her husband earn a living.

5) Parents to have long life.

6) Sister-in-law, Eva (lady in pink carrying baby), to someday go to church. And that her daughter will recover from sickness.

7) Joselynn's brothers, have a few bad habits which includes drinking, smoking, etc. That they'll get rid of that and also that someday they'll come to know God.

This may be the last house that we visited in Tay Tay and were asked to pray for, but, this is definitely not the last prayer request that we have from the Philippines. Spend this week praying for this one family, and next week, we'll pray for more people that we visited in our following ministries in Philippines. =)

John 15:7

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

signing off, Pinx

Our Night

Many would think that missions is about exposing oneself to evangelistic opportunities in a far away rural village
Which is undeniably true during our mission trip to Philippines
But besides all that, what is also important is what we (A-Team) do with the wonderful experience God has graciously blessed us during our journey

We're glad to say that God has given us the opportunity to bless His Name and His faithfulness through this night of sharing our experience with the youth of our church

Plus we are extra extra glad to be given the opportunity to cook some Philippine delicacy for you guys
(hope no one had any tummy aches :)
We were all so excited that we came really early to prepare
yes ping and i helped cook
so probably that's why the soup was sooo.....yummy?





We thank all of you for coming to hear what we have to say and for all your support :)

Now We went, We cooked, We shared...
So we hope that through all these, we have somehow implanted seeds in each of your hearts that will continue to grow with passion for our Lord and Savior - to serve Him and His people through missions

Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

Signing off, Xinn

ATTENTION EVERYBODY!!

Hey all!!

The A-Team will be having our Mission Sharing about our mission trip to the Philippines about 5 weeks ago! We will be sharing about our experiences there, and how God has worked in our lives and the lives of others throughout that short period of time we had there. There will be videos, photos, food and games and it will all be about what we have seen, learnt and experienced in the Philippines! =D Well, I won't tell you much about it, so you've got to come join us to find out more!

Date: 8th November, 2008
Time: 7.00 p.m .
Venue: KCMC English Service Hall

EVERYONE is WELCOMED!

P/S: Don't be late!! We hope to see you there! =D and remember to invite friends and relatives!

Devote yourselves to prayer

During the house-to-house visitation in Tay Tay, we visited about 9 houses, to see the condition of their place, as well as to spend some time praying with them. For the past 4 weeks since we've been back, I've shared with you the prayer requests of 6 of the families that we first visited in the Philippines. Well, here is the 7th and 8th family that we visited on that day.

This is Lisa's family

In the picture: Lisa, Emily (in white) and Amelisa (in yellow)

Lisa is a volunteer police (sort of like a security guard) in her area. She has 3 children, Emily, Amelisa and Angelica. As for her husband, he left them. By the way, her house is also that small.

Let's pray for...
1) Lisa is helping out in the purchasing of the land (for their church - Fishport Alliance Church). She is trying to get the land title so that they can use the land for their services and activities. So, pray that she'll be able to get the land title.

2) Their family to start a new life especially after accepting Christ into their lives.

3) The children, that they will be able to finish their studies and be able to have a better life in the future

4) Since Lisa is a volunteer, this means she has no pay. The only pay she has, is what her neighbours give her in thanks for caring for the safety of their neighbourhood. So, pray for the provisions of this family.

This is Merlin's family

In the picture: Merlin and her son, Shervin

There are only 3 people in their family, Merlin, Shervin and her husband, Anisito.

Let's pray that...

1) Merlin will be able to get a baby girl.

2) Their family will continue to have good health.

3) Anisito will have protection when he is working as he drives an FX.

Let us also continue to pray for the upcoming mission sharing that will be held on the 8th of November which is this coming Saturday. Pray that God will use us to impact other lives.

Colossians 4:2

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful

signing off, Pinx

Experiencing God

What is mission? My church has been a mission church and I’ve been faithfully supporting the mission budget yearly; thinking my part of mission involvement has been fulfilled. Sending others out has never been a problem to me as I can support them both financially and prayer. I thought that they can represent me with my little financial and prayer support to reach out to the unreach and that would be sufficient for me. Stepping out to mission field was really not my cup of tea. I was wrong and soon I realized that missionaries can’t represent my part of involvement in mission. Mission is for all to bear witness for God’s love to the world.

At the end of 2007, I’ve made a commitment to God that I’ll go for mission trip personally this time around. I told God that I want to experience Him first hand and want to be used by Him in the mission trip. I get confirmation from God in the middle of year 2008 whereby I found out that YM will be organizing a mission trip to minister to the street kids in Philippines. God knows I love kids and I’ll enjoy ministering to them. I enrolled myself with a little prayer that I’ll be use by God and be a blessing to the kids there.

Instead of being a blessing to the kids in Tay Tay, I was blessed in return; seeing how the kids enjoy praising and worshipping God. They still be able to worship God joyfully when their church placed on a slump area, with no fan and humid. I learnt a very important lesson, a lesson that teaches me how to worship God regardless in good times or bad times; pleasant environment or unpleasant environment.

During the street kid’s ministry in Rizal, it was raining and it was a typhoon signal level 2 at that point of time. Despite of that, God prompts us to continue on our journey to feed the street kids. Seeing the kid’s condition by the street, it saddens me. They’re in cold and helpless condition. They seemed hopeless and only God can bring hope into their life by knowing their salvation whereby they can look forward for the day they’re back in heaven. Giving them an apple, a bun, a cup of milk and a little prayer is what we done hoping that they’ll know God’s love through this little act.

The final ministry was the high school and university ministry. Never in my life seeing so many people were touched by Holy Spirit. Most of the students came to know the Lord that evening. That’s the result of an obedient servant of God, Pst. Joe whereby he gave up his life selflessly even in the midst of his pain on his kidney, he still choose to minister to the kids. God can do wonders through us if we’re willing to be used by God.


I’ve seen how God accomplish things through people that offer up their life for God. I’ve learn so much from God personally and it’s a lifetime experience that I’ll never forget. I’ve learn to be submissive and obedient to His word. I thank God for the wonderful opportunity being able to experience Him personally through ways that I never thought of. I make a little prayer, prayer of commitment that I’ll continue to serve Him on the mission field whenever He calls.

He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

Luke 10:2

James

Keep on Praying

Hey! Another week has gone, and a new week has begun. My, how time flies...I believe alot has happened to all of us throughout the past week. I'm sure most of us have had a very busy week. But, let us not forget to keep the people in Philippines in prayer

and As Jesus says in Matthew 11:28, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

let us not forget that we may find rest in God even on our most busiest days.

As we pray every night or anytime of the day, let us continue to remember to pray for these families. There are two more families to add into your prayer items for this week!

This is Melba's family

In the picture: Aibie (daughter) and Melba (mother) Melba (just accepted Christ) and her husband, Albert Abalie, have 4 children. Josiechris, Aibie (we call her Ivy) and 2 other children.
Lets pray for their,
- provision and children’s studies.
- Josiechris's growth in the Lord.

This is the Salazar family
In the picture: Rose and Ray

They have a child, Quiny. Their family are non Christians

When we asked them if there is anything that we could pray for them, they asked that we...
- Pray that they will be able to finish selling their rags as that is their source of income
- And that Ray may find a good job.

Also, let us pray for the salvation of this family. That the people in Tay Tay may be the salt and the light to this family, sharing with them God's love and inviting them into the family of God.

As for the A-Team, there will be a mission sharing from our side on the 8th of November, 08.

Lets pray that:

1. How the program is going to run on that day is still not confirmed. Pray that God will help us figure out the running of programs, and also the videos, and sharing that He would want us to share with the people who will be joining us that evening.
2. Also, that this sharing is not to glorify A-Team's name but to glorify God's name, and through this, many people will be impacted, and will consider going into the battlefield for God.

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

Matthew 9: 36-38

Signing off, Pinx

Missionaries aren't Superman

I support Mission in many ways, offerings, support missionary through funding and etc…. Never had I thought of stepping out, I think financial support will consummate my part for mission. I don’t think I’m emotional and tense to drop my tears even for a beggar or seeing old people being left on the street. My concern is nothing much I can help but may cause them feeling sadder.

Bro Voon Horn reminded me even if you were to cry together with the unfortunate people, it’s more than enough because what they need may be just someone to share God’s love with them. What he said hits me and then I realize I may have the compassion but I need to put it into act. When A-team call for volunteers, I’ve step out without thinking twice because I believe it’s the time for me to step out form my comfort zone to do something for God and it’s a good chance to experience the life of a “missionary”.

I’m a person with little faith in everything I do because I’ve no self confident and easily give up towards failure. God is good; I experienced His Love and His faithfulness even before the departure. There’s time when I struggle with the fund for the trip and intend of pulling back but just as I continue to pray that the airfare may gone down, God bless me through my family members who would sponsor me and the amount given is more than what I needed. Truly He’s a God who provides and I’m so amaze how the money just reaches me at the very moment.

I’ve learned to face my biggest fear, the “balloon”. For those who know me, balloon is one of my phobia and we are asked to do balloon tricks for the children in Tay Tay for their birthday party, we got the chance to learn from a professional (Kuya Art) and while doing it, I cried because I can’t stand …my hand were shaking as I hold the balloon. Instead of crying I told myself, I’m not going to disappoint the kids thus I’ve overcome my fear and I manage to complete all the tricks =)

Throughout the trip I’ve not cried (literally wet my face with tears) my tear doesn’t fall even my heart feels pain and heavy seeing those street kids, the situation and environment. I started to pray for the children, pray for their salvation, their life and their future. I have to admit I’ve not prayed so much in my life and this is the first time when I pray I feel God’s present with me and I know God is touching every child as I touch them and bless them with a word of prayer. Besides praying for the kids, I prayed for my team member from time to time as they lead the praise and worship, drama, sharing and feeding.

I’ve learn to be content with whatever I have. Every morning as I drive to work I’ll thank God for a car to travel to work because kids there walk 2-3 kilometers to schools everyday. I thank God for every meal I’m having because children there hardly get a proper meal (Rice, meat etc…). I’ve learned so much through brother and sister from OM Philippines, pastors and co-workers in the mission field who brought great impact to me. I enjoy serving with them and salute how boldly they are to give up every earthly material and step out from their comfort zone to serve the people and obeyed God’s calling for their faith is strong.

A picture may speak a thousand words but having me there, it’s something that words cannot be described of what I see, how I feel or how I experienced. I thank God for such opportunity and am able to walk with God in fact it’s a joyful journey and I believe my journey have just begun. This trip is a little seed planted in me I’ll let it grow by God’s strength!

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Philippians 4:6-7

Noelle