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, December 26, 2010

Many Smiles on Christmas here

What do you get when you mix several boxes of gently-used toys, children's clothing, Christmas Day, and several preacher students? Lots of happy hearts and smiles on the faces of little children, that's what! Yesterday, on Christmas Day here at the LCC campus, we loaded up the school vehicle with toys and clothes and drove all throughout the village surrounding our school. We gave these things away to little kids who lined up behind the vehicle with smiles on their faces and their little hands out waiting patiently for their Christmas. This little village is mired in unspeakable poverty, unimaginable to most Americans. But that didn't hinder the smiles! I sent a report today as well with about two dozen pictures of this event. If you didn't receive this report, just reply with a comment to this post and I will send it to you. Or email me at eastepfamily@yahoo.com. Thanks to all of our GREAT supporters for making this special time of smiles come to be by your giving, especially to the ladies of the Central Church of Christ in Hereford, our outgoing sponsor. They collected most of these toys and clothes. We love you all! Maligayong Pasko! (merry Christmas in Filipino).
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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.