Padens in the Philippines

One Year Already We are thankful for the opportunity God has given us to have been here in Davao City. I can't believe how fast the time has gone and I guess I better stop telling people we are new here!  So much has been going on the last few months- many open doors, and lots of answered prayers- let me show you some highlights below. PSC Retreat last March -the kids and I were not able to attend but Gilmer is in there somewhere :) Gilmer is receiving our 10 year recognition with SEND International at the retreat. We are very blessed to have been able to serve with this wonderful organization for the last 10 years! My ladies group at church Pray for Shirl, she is one of our applicants for long term service! Some of the happy graduates from the seminar we were teaching at one of our partner churches Some promotion time during a youth event in Davao in April. Gilmer's selfie at a mens retreat he was able to attend Gilmer ...

"God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him" Hudson Taylor From the Philippines to China “I think one of the advantages of having an Asian face is that Chinese people are not intimidated by me. I think this is generally true for all Asians -- we tend to be quite easily intimidated by Westerners. Because I am not intimidating, women tend to open up more easily and express themselves freely which leads to deep friendships.” http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=38a9985a32fa0ede754b4a2b7&id=f6c79f7e1f&e=467d5fb377 Read the rest of her story on the link above. This is what we are all about! This is why we are here. To answer these questions. Why is it important to send out Filipinos? We talked a lot about this when we were in the States during home service. We told stories of places Gilmer could go, being Filipino, that me or our other western works could not. We told about how the Philippines has been discipl...

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing. Psalm 100:1-2, ESV   Church where they worked with the kids Hiking to the area where the youth will do the outreach The young people from the missions conference Gilmer spoke at on  there way to their outreach. (Gilmer is in the grey middle/right) In our last update we explained about our moving-in situation. Well, we are happy to announce that we are all moved into our new house and are settling in. There is still much work to be done and the process has been long but we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel. We forget many times that things run on a very different schedule here in the Philippines than we are use to. At my graduation from my 7 week course. These are fellow students and some of our teachers. I (Julie) apologize for not having this update out sooner!   I have been attending ...