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, July 10, 2013

In Full Swing

It's been almost one month now into the new semester at Leyte Christian College, and great things are happening. Although we are only at 80 students enrolled, as opposed to the larger crowd we thought we would have, there have been some great blessings among the "newbies" here. We had accepted a total of 43 new students who successfully passed the entrance exam, but only 24 of them showed up. And, we had six (6) of the "veteran" students who did not return. But hey, that's OK. Some of our new students are real gems. We are so proud of them, and we see great things ahead for many of them and for the school. Great things are also happening with the staff. We have three new teachers, and one new staff member. Sister Virgie Gonzalez, a real sweetheart of a lady here and the wife of our gardener, Teddy Gonzalez, has come onboard as custodian. She has been "on the job" for three weeks now and is doing wonderful things. We are so blessed. Other blessings are coming for Leyte Christian College and we are so thankful.  Especially to you, our great supporters.  Thanks to all!

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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.