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!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

New Faces

Things are going well at Leyte Christian College as this semester draws to a close. All of our students are passing except for one fellow who is having a rough time with all the classes. But there is some exciting news. We've received word that perhaps as many as nine new students want to enroll for the new semester which begins November 10. There will be two from Baybay, Leyte; two from Mindanao; two from San Carlos on the island of Negros; two from Samar and another young man from southern Leyte. We are very excited about this development, which will bring our student body to nearly 30. Not sure how we're going to afford this, as our budget is already stretched very tight, but we look forward to some fresh new faces joining the student body. I'm sure it will be great. If anyone would like to sponsor one (or more) of these new students, the cost is just $35 per month. This amount, amazingly, covers their food and a small allowance. The Project absorbs the rent for the dormitory but we do need sponsors to help these individual students with their monthly needs. Hoping some of you can help. And please pray for our work.
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Sharon & Fred said...

Glory to His name!
fs & sharon

October 10, 2008 at 7:51 PM

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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.