Testimonies from the Fields

Rodette Ancheta
“I am the oldest child of two in my family. I am now in my second year of high school at Redeeming Grace Learning Center. I was five years old when I first started attending Sunday school and was raised in a Christian household. But this fact did not make me closer to God as I grew up. My peers influenced me more. I did not attend church for almost a year when my parents were having troubles.

Then I met Pastor Michael, who encouraged us to go back to the Lord. Now we are active in ministry, although I attend Pastor Michael’s church and my mother has returned to our old church. I see the hand of the Lord working in my life. I was made to believe that when you grow up in a Christian family, that makes you Christian. But God showed me that salvation is personal. I received the Lord Jesus Christ—this time it was real and I surrendered my life to Him. Please pray that the Lord will use me in bringing the gospel to my unbelieving classmates.” – Rodette Ancheta (14)

Rodette attends Pastor Michael Bausin’s church in the Philippines

Emelita Garciano
"I grew up as a Roman Catholic. During high school I became a member of a charismatic movement, but there were no changes in my life. One day, I decided to go to Cebu City to look for a job. The Lord led me to a tourist agency owned by a Japanese man and his wife. They are believers. Every Sunday she would ask me to go to church. Looking back I see how, little by little, God spoke to my heart. After a month, Pastor Berden offered to hold a Bible study in my boarding house. That was when I received Jesus Christ into my life. Now I am attending the Bible study and I am participating in on-going discipleship training. I really praise God for saving me and changing my life.” – Emelita Garciano

Emelita attends Pastor Junery Berden’s church in the Philippines

Adidas Manday
Adidas Manday is one of our promising youth in the Tribal Mission. He is the team leader in every school activity. Adidas states, “I am a student at Tadyawan Minority School. I am 19 years old, but still in the sixth grade. I have been hearing the word of God since I was a kid, but have had a hard time understanding it because it is always spoken in Tagalog. We, being minorities, have our own dialect.

"But thank God that He paved the way for me to continue my studies. In school, I hear God’s word through His servant Pastor Danilo Macuha. By God’s grace and Pastor Danilo’s persistence in helping us to understand the message of salvation, I am now a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. I received Him as my Lord and Savior. Now I am one of the leaders of the youth; I help the pastor in bringing God’s word to our school through a Bible study. Please pray for me, that by God’s grace I may be able to finish my studies.”

Adidas attends Pastor Danilo Macuha’s church in the Philippines