This past week, Leyte Christian College (LCC) reached an historic milestone: we closed on a property! After looking at and considering more than 20 different properties, over the course of almost two years, we believe the right one for our needs and the future has been found. It is a very beautiful property, with a large hill overlooking (to the east) the San Juanico straits between Leyte and Samar islands, which empties into Leyte Gulf where one of the epic, largest and most significant naval battles in the history of the world took place in 1944. To the west there is a breath-taking view of some tall of northern Leyte. This property sits on 5.2 hectares of land (about 14 acres). It is only a 10-15 minute drive from downtown Tacloban City, the capital of the province of Leyte and our home. Thank you, Lord! Money exchanged hands and we are now in the process of getting title to the land. Our team is so excited and we want to thank all our great supporters for helping make this dream a reality. Hopefully, construction on a permanent school building can begin soon, although we have now nearly depleted our cash reserves. If some of you would like to help out with the cost of the new building, please let us hear from you. We're working on a design of the main building for LCC, which God willing will stand for 100 years and train thousands of young people in the way of the Lord. We would certainly be interested in dedicating and naming this building in honor or memory of someone we could partner with in this construction, or their family.
We're also asking that you pray for us during this exciting newest phase of Project Philippines which will require lots more sacrifice and labor. Also, take a look at some of the pictures here on this website where you can catch a glimpse or two of this beautiful new property you have helped to purchase. May the Lord bless you all!

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!
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!
Friday, February 6, 2009
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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!

The guys - eleven of them in all who graduated - show off their hard earned diplomas after the commencement exercises.
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