Recent Ministry
As a steward of Christ, I have a passion for reaching this community for the gospel. I introduced myself to the former community leader, Barangay captain, and had a great conversation with him. A week later, I went back to his house and gave him a Bible. I used this visit to pray for him, hoping and believing that he will accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. I also met another leader in the community, the chapel president, which happened to be the brother of the former Barangay captain. I gave him a Bible and prayed for him as well.
- Pray for these two men to come to understand their need for a Savior and to come to faith in Jesus Christ.
What I have observed while doing the Bible study, is that little by little, the people are learning and understanding God’s Word. Every time I ask them about the things that I share with them, they respond and interact with the information. I have seen their interest and desire to study God’s Word.
- Pray for the Bible study participants to grow in their faith and understanding of God’s Word.
In previous reports, I have shared the situation in Barili ministry and my struggle to reach the people with the gospel message. Pastor Cris and Pastor Lito have both visited the area where I am ministering to see and know the people with whom I am sharing God’s Word. Pastor Cris shared with the people to encourage them and pray for them to continue serving God.
- Pray for the new believers in the Barili ministry to grow in their faith.
- Pray for perseverance in ministering in this location.
- Pray for God to touch and open the hearts of the people to the gospel.
When Pastor Steve visited the Philippines, we went with Pastor Cris and Ma’am Jennifer to look at the church lot that we desired to purchase. Everything looked good with the land and the documents, so we went ahead and started paying a certain amount towards the lot each month. We planned to develop the property, and so we hired an engineer to create the plan for the building. She created the design and submitted it to the office of the building permits. However, it was not approved since this specific lot was in the plans to be a government road. After discovering this, we talked with the owner of the land, and he transferred us to a different area that he also owned. For now, we are adding fill dirt to this location and waiting and praying for God’s provision to start the church building project.
- Pray for everything to go smoothly with this second project and for the ability to start a church building soon.
- Pray for us to find a temporary place to stay until we can build the church and pastoral house.
Jerry Quimat Testimony
My name is Jerry, and I was raised in a Christian family here in the Philippines. At the age of twelve, I committed my life to God and accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior and was baptized. While in high school, I had kidney problems and almost died. I was in the hospital for days and was transferred to another hospital, but my situation did not improve. I asked the Lord what His plan was for my life? I prayed for His perfect will and also asked God what he wanted me to do? I felt a firm conviction of the Holy Spirit and asked God to heal me and save me from death if his plan was for me to be in ministry. After I prayed, I experienced the hand of God in my life. The Lord healed me from my kidney problem, and the doctor was amazed at my recovery. I was discharged from the hospital, and my body was healed. I went back to high school and finished my studies, after high school, I enrolled in Bible school. It took me three years to complete my studies, once I was ready, I started working in a ministry, and I have been doing God’s work until this day.
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