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, July 30, 2009

The Latest

The latest news:
Bombs were discovered aboard a ferry bound from Masbate to Manila this past week, enough to sink the ship easily. Although no one was killed or injured (thanks to the vigilance of the Philippine Coast Guard), what is disturbing about this latest incident is that Masbate is in the eastern Visayas region, which is our own area. Leyte is in the eastern Visayas, very near to Masbate. We have passed by Masbate on ferries or flown over it recently. This means the Muslim terrorists/separatists from the south are bringing their fight closer to our home. The Philippine government, since this latest incident and other bombings in Mindanao recently, has declared a state of alert in the country right now. We ask for your continued prayers during this crisis.
We do have some good news to report, however. Three souls were added to the Lord this past week in Carigara. The young church there which several on our team helped plant is being fruitful. There have also been door-knocking campaigns by our preaching students and Bible teachers recently in the barangay of San Jose here in Tacloban City. We're hoping these campaigns will soon bear fruit as well.
As always, thank you all for your support and prayers for Project Philippines. You are a very vital part of the work taking place here thru your help. Daghan Salamat sa ta nan ("Thank you all very much").
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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.