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!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

A Joyful Week

This week promises to hold a lot of joy for us here at Leyte Christian College. First, the week began in a great way with joy in the Lord as Lettie Buone responded to the Call and obeyed our Lord Jesus in baptism today after worship. She was baptized in the Pacific Ocean on a cloudy day (see picture below).
Next, tomorrow begins our 2nd Annual Intramurals Week at LCC. All the students are so excited about this week. It means no classes but lots of fun instead. We'll be holding various games & contests for the students, who are divided into groups. The winning group at the end of the week will receive a treat in the city - lunch at Jollibee's Hamburger Stand and a movie. This week there will be relay races, basketball, volleyball, chess matches, Scrabble, Bible Trivia contest, spelling bee, sack races, three-legged races, tug-o-war, etc. Fun, fun, fun.
Also, we have been greatly blessed with a good month in financial contributions to help us finish our big building. We are expecting to receive the September contributions this week and we know God has blessed us with a good month. Thanks to God and thanks to all of our wonderful supporters who have helped to make this possible. Hopefully we are going to be very close to being able to finish the building & hopefully occupy some portion of it before the next semester begins in November.
Thanks again to all, and To God Be The Glory!

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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.