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, November 3, 2008

More Baptisms

Four more baptisms to report by our team. Two precious souls were added to Christ at the house church of Tungga. This small church (not quite one year old) is really growing, primarily thanks to the evangelistic members there but also to our bro. Reuel Belo. This brother is on your payroll with Project Philippines. Reuel travels to Tungga twice weekly, including Sunday afternoons when the tiny church meets to worship in the house of the members. Reuel helps lead the worship there. Also we're excited to report that another person obeying the Gospel this past week was Aldous Andrade, a soon-to-graduate architectural student in Tacloban City. The brethren here have high hopes for this young man who is very bright and very articulate. We need to target more young people like this fellow who is very capable of leading others around him to Christ. Brethren, thanks for your support. So far this year, members of our team in Project Philippines have been responsible for 12 baptisms. We are proud of their work! But you also have a part in this harvest thru your good giving. Thanks to our supporters for your part, which is necessary and vital.
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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.