Who Are We ?

Project Philippines is a team of approximately 15 workers, both Filipino and American, men and women. It is a 3-fold project designed to reach the lost and bring glory to God in the Republic of the Philippines, a nation of nearly 90 million people in the continent of Asia. The Philippines is an island nation of about 7,100 islands (only about a hundred inhabited).

The first phase of Project Philippines is Leyte Christian College.

LCC was born in the summer of 2007, in a meeting of our team at Tacloban City, Leyte. This great "gateway" city in the Philippines, sitting astride the great San Juanico Bridge which connects Leyte island with Samar island, is a vast, growing commercial city in the heart of the Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Leyte. You may remember Leyte from the events of the Second World War. Here, General Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his pledge ("I shall return") to the Filipinos on Oct. 20, 1944, with the Allied invasion of the Philippines culminating in the rout of the Japanese Army. Our work will be centered in this great city.

We have secured a nice property there on which we might build all phases of Project Philippines:

(1) Leyte Christian College, a preacher training school
(2) a pre-school, elementary school and high school
(3) a children's home for homeless or orphaned children.

We're looking for sponsors and supporters who might share our vision for the Lord's kingdom in the Philippines and lend a hand. We know it's a bold and ambitious plan. It will require lots of hard work. It also will require brothers & sisters in Christ standing behind it, in prayer but also in financial assistance. If that's you, contact us at eastepfamily@yahoo.com. Or write our sponsor congregation at this address:

Project Philippines
c/o Southwest Church of Christ
4515 Cornell
Amarillo, TX 79109

Thank you for your interest!

Monday, September 1, 2008

To the work, to the work...

My time has finally arrived! I will be joining the Project Philippines team in Tacloban City, Leyte in just four more days. My plane ticket has been bought and Lord willing I will arrive in the Philippines next week. Our shipping container has already arrived and preparations are in the works to claim it from the Customs Office this week in Cebu. Later, toward the end of September, Robin and Nathan will be arriving in Tacloban also. We are so eager to join the work and to take our place in the goings-on there. Some good news to pass along: three new converts have been made among the population of Leyte by Project Philippines team members. And the schools continue to do well. Leyte Christian College will soon begin the final month of the very first semester ever. Many of the students have shown dramatic improvement; so says brother Charlie Sabado. Believe me, we are anxious to begin taking part in this. Thanks to you, all of our great supporters, for your making this dream come true. "To the work, to the work, we are servants of God; let us follow the path that our Master has trod..."
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Michelle B said...

we miss you already! I pray that God gives you safe and uneventful travel. We look forward to seeing you next summer.

September 6, 2008 at 8:47 AM

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Our Newest Graduates at Leyte Christian College

Our Newest Graduates at Leyte Christian College
Largest-ever graduating class at LCC - a total of 23 students finished their four years with us and received the Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology. We're proud of them all!

New Preachers, ready to go to work!

New Preachers, ready to go to work!
The guys - eleven of them in all who graduated - show off their hard earned diplomas after the commencement exercises.