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, November 17, 2013

LCC after Yolanda

I'm happy to report that all the LCC students have evacuated Tacloban City and have now all gone home, or on their way home.  Life is still dangerous in Tacloban, as their is no electricity, no clean water to drink, no food available, and also there are reports that some people are resorting to any means necessary, including violence, to find food for themselves & their families.  So the decision was made to get everyone out, and that has happened thanks mostly to Jun Patindol, one of our instructors at LCC.  We believe all the staff is OK and all survived too at this time, and we thank God greatly for that.  Relief efforts are underway by many aid agencies, distributing food & water to all they can.  We're thankful for that also.  Our buildings sustained some major damage at LCC, but nothing which cannot be rebuilt.  We are just thankful that no lives were lost and not even any injuries among our people.  Just as soon as is practical or possible, we WILL rebuild.  Thank you all for your prayers!

1 comment:

Denny & Linda Sneed said...

Just wanted you to know that many are praying for LCC, for the Christians in the area and especially for the three of you. We are thankful you were not in the typhoon, but our hearts ache for you as you face the return home and the rebuilding. But we know that our God is indeed in control and He will help you to rebuild and provide even greater opportunities for the church there to proclaim God's saving message to the multitudes worldwide.

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.