Padens in the Philippines

TEAM 4:5 II Corinthians 4:5 “For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.” Exciting things are happening!!! In the last few months we have been quite busy.  SEND INTERNATIONAL'S vision is to  Mobilize  Gods people to  Engage  the Unreached and  Plant  Reproducing churches.  In line with this goal we have been busy trying to set up a new program that will happen this summer.  We believe that in order to have a massive missionary heart in the future we need to have a strong missionary movement among our children and youth.  So we are launching a summer short- term missions program called  TEAM 4:5 . We are looking at sending two teams. These teams will be filled with youth ages 15-18. The disciple group leaders will be ages 19-26.They will go through  one week  of  intensive training, living in tents and learning skil...

Our New Normal From East to West. We finally made the move across the world last June. We packed up all our worldly belongings either into boxes to be stored, or suitcases to take with us for the year. Our new place in Arizona couldn’t be any more opposite from our house in the Philippines. We went from high cement walls with barbed wire across the top, to acres of desert and no locks on the doors. From the middle of a noisy Asian city to the middle of small town USA. Below is our journey... Scan the photos below for a quick update about our lives these last few months.  Then see 5 ways you can be involved in the ministry.   Moving is Hard!!  Packing all your belongings, saying goodbye to your dog, one last snuggle with your cat in an empty house... Even with all that we are so grateful to have places for our pets stay and friends who helped us every step of the way.  ...

We live in the Philippines and there is water all around us, I love the water, I love the beach, but very rarely do we get to go enjoy it. Why that is? We don't make time? We don't have time? We are just too busy with "life" to set time aside? Probably all of the above and more. It's easier to just keep going with our busy schedules (and we know busy- we have 4 kids) than to find the time and make the needed sacrifices to get there. This last time though (as pictured above) we did make a lot of sacrifices and I think we all would agree that it was well worth the effort! What a beautiful day, what a fun time as a family, and what fun new experiences. Then I think to myself, why don't we do that more? Rainy crowded boat ride home Probably because it's hard. It took us a long time to get there. Our van is broken so we had to take a very cozy taxi ride with all 6 of us smashed together, we then had to walk through a crowded market to get to the pa...