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!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Food For The Hungry

Saturday, January 24 will bring a great event here in Tacloban City - something we hope will help reach many hearts and minds with the precious Good News. On that day, Project Philippines workers will be distributing food to the poor in the community around the Tacloban Church of Christ building. Advertising has been made, door-knocking will commence on Saturday, Jan. 17 (led by LCC preaching students), and then the following week, "Food For The Hungry" will hopefully bring glory to God. There are so many poor and helpless families living in this huge city whose children go to bed hungry each night. We hope to do something about that. Our calculations show that we can provide a meal for the hungry for only about ten pesos (about 21 cents in American money) per person. What better way to utilize some of our work funds? And while these folks are waiting in line for their meal here, we're planning to talk face-to-face and one-on-one with them about the Good News of Christ. LCC instructors and students alike will be the ones sharing the Gospel, while many of the ladies here will prepare the food and register the recipients. We thank you, our supporters, for supplying the funds for this much-needed program. Please pray with us that this program will be successful, that there will be "Food For The Hungry" - both physical and spiritual food - which will reap eternal rewards.

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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.