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!

Friday, June 21, 2013

First Week of School

We have just completed our first week of school for the new school year 2013-14.  What a joy to meet so many new students! Right now our enrollment stands at 76 for the new school year, but we know there are several more students who are still on their way here. Every year, we get some kids who are a week late (and sometimes more).  We just have to "roll with the punches" and try to get them caught up in all their schoolwork after they arrive.  It's not easy traveling in the Philippines sometimes, with the tropical storms which play havoc with the boat schedules, etc., plus some of our kids have to travel from very far away and take 3 or more boats just to get here. But it will all work out in the end.  We have 24 "newbies" who are enrolled. We accepted 43, so there could still be several more arrive. Hope so!  Excitement is in the air as we have begun holding classes now; LCC will be in high gear very soon.  See the picture below of our student body on the first day of classes, June 18, 2013.  And we say a special "Thank You" again to all of our great supporters.
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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.