We have been back home here in Tacloban City for almost one week now. We arrived last Saturday night, Feb. 9, and had a great welcome the next morning at worship on the LCC campus. Our trip to the U.S. (for seven weeks) was both exciting, fun and tiring. It was so great to see our family again, especially our daughter Lauren & her husband Jordan, as well as many friends. Thanks to so many who were so hospitable to us and kind. It was great to be able to see you all, as well as be able to spend Christmas with family again after five years! Now, it's back to work. I'm happy to report that good things happened while we were gone. Two souls were added to the Lord and lots of good done here. Our student & friend, Carlito Alfante, who was so severely ill while we were away, is now well and doing fine. God is so good! Robin and I have now both resumed our classes which are part of the joy of living & working here, and our jet lag seems to be totally gone now. And the weather here is great, for the most part - not too hot & not too cold. Our second graduating class at LCC is now on track to finish their studies in just seven more weeks and walk the stage & receive diplomas on April 6. Exciting times! Thanks you, dear friends & supporters, for your help in this work and for your vital prayers. We are blessed by you!
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 15, 2013
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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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