We've had a few changes around our place recently. One of our roommates, Brett, got married on the 13th so obviously he has moved out. Also his brother, Mike, who was staying with us left to go back home to Canada last Sunday. So our house of 5 shrunk down to 3 in a blink of an eye. So needless to say it is a lot quieter around our place now. I hope to get a lot more reading done now.
On the 20th I went to a missions conference the was held by the Church Of God (the other church I attend) which was really good. There were speakers from China, Canada, Lebanon, and of course the Philippines. They all shared about the ministries they are doing and it was a huge encouragement to me. One to hear about other people's ministries but also to get the passion back of why I am here. Sometimes it gets routine and just feels like any other job, so it is great to get the joy of the Lord back and be rejuvenated. The Chinese man who shared in living here in the Philippines because last year he got kicked out of China for 5 years due to preaching the Gospel. The man from Canada was actually the man who planted the Church Of God in Makati but now is the over seer of Church Of God in all of Asia. The man from Lebanon has been working with Muslims here in the city been teaching some of their kids Arabic and through that has been able to start a Bible study. He has gained the trust of the Muslim community and they go to him for many of their problems and he has also been able to send some of their children to school. Another man has been working in a small rural town and has been able to transform the poor community into a God fearing community through the power of the Gospel. It was a great conference and I was very happy to have the chance to go.
John and Toph, my 2 roommates had started a daycare a few months back and they had their graduation on Thursday which was really awesome. First you will have to understand they graduate from EVERYTHING here, they have a small graduation for every grade they pass. They also get to graduate from a 3 day vacation bible school. Their summer vacation here is April and May. So the students are between 2-7 and and they all came in their Sunday best and brought their mothers for the grand occasion. We had a award ceremony, a meal and a cake to celebrate. It was so well done and a lot of fun.
IT Tender ministry is going really well. That is the place I go to on Tuesday and Thursday's. They have just started a feeding program for the one of the squatter communities that have been involved with. So on Thursday we brought a small meal and vitamins for 60 kids (or was it 80?). I forget all I know is that it was a lot of kids. The program will run for 6 months because that is how much food was donated. They do it 3 times a week. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. I am hoping to get down there more often to help. It will be difficult in the summer months because we have many DVBSs that we are running with the YM team which the first one starts April 5th.
This past Saturday we rented out a basketball court for the youth and about 25 youth come out which was great. I feel we are really starting to build relationship with them. They aren't coming to our Sunday morning service yet but we are praying that they will soon.
This week John and I are having a friend visiting us. She is teaching English in Hong Kong and decided to come visit us so we are going to go to the beach for a few days. Hopefully it can be relaxing.
I think that is all. Thanks again for everything. Take Care and God Bless. Psalms 51: 10-12
Jared Peter
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Concerts and Camp
Some one was asking me about my schedule so i thought i would share it with you. This is how my week is suppose to go but usually never doesn't because something always comes up.
Sunday - Teach Sunday School at JKK then at 5 go to Church Of God Makati for an English Church Service
Monday - suppose to be my day off but never is. I meet with my mentor (man I met at COG) in the afternoon and then have a prayer meeting with some of my friends.
Tuesday - We have a Church meeting early afternoon then I go to Tender Ministries for Night Life. Where it's a drop in center for the homeless and they give them time to take a shower and give them a meal (twice a week). Also try and help them in anyway they can. They are mostly teens but they ages range from infants to 50
Wednesday - YM Team meeting in the morning and then Tagalog School in the afternoon.
Thursday - I go down to Tender Ministries a little earlier because we go to a squatter community and give a bible lesson and some food to the kids. They call it community based ministry. Then we go back to the drop-in center and have Night Life again.
Friday - I have Tagalog School in the afternoon and then we have JKK prayer meeting in the evening
Saturday - We have a kids ministry in the morning at our Church where we have a bible lesson,
some games and a meal for the kids. Then we have youth (JKK) in the evening.
On the 28th of February our Church put on a youth evangelism concert on the roof top of our building. It went really well, after the hour an a half delay before starting. Our friends from another Church (LJBC) helped out by sharing there musical talents. We had about 5 acts and then an open mic at the end but for some they didn't let share a song. Our team leader from YM shared a message as well and I felt that is went really well and everyone had a great time.
Then on the 6th I took about 20 of our youth to a concert. It was Rommel Guevara who works for International Teams and go all over the world doing concerts. We are lucky enough that he is Filipino so we can see him oven then others because he is amazing man and a lot of fun. Oh and of course is a great musician and singer. His wife also preforms with him and is a daughter who I think is 6 went on stage for a few songs and made her ax wail. So the concert was really good and everyone had a lot of fun.
This past week from the 9 - 11 we took 18 youth from Tender Ministries to Rizal Re-Creation camp. It's about 2 hours outside the city which was awesome because I love getting outside the city. The Camp is absolutely beautiful. It has a pool, beach volley ball, basketball courts, and an open field with actual grass. The camp is run by an American so the meals definitely had some western feel to it which was great. Although they had rice at every meal I never took it and the kids were very confused. It was buffet style and other then the 2 youth that had been there before I doubt ever had a buffet meal in their life so they just went to town. Although the first meal many of their eyes were bigger then their stomachs. The youth (12-18 years old) that came are either from Night Life ministry or from the Community based ministry. The program was very well put together and everything ran smoothly. The kids were surprisingly well behaved and participated in everything that was planned. Some testimonies were shared by the kids at the end and they were very powerful. They were all so grateful for the kind of experience and loved all the teachings that were shared because they learned new things about God. One girl said that she had to beg her father to let her come because her father feels that the Tender Ministries group is a bad group to hangout with. Also you can see the desire in her to change from her old ways so we are praying that she does. I would love your prayers for these kids, in that they can keep the fire in their hearts going and not let the world snuff it out.....Also they are planning a kids camp (5-12 years old) at the same place and are asking for prayers and finical support. So I ask for your help in this.
Once again thank you so much for all the love and support you have shown me. May God shine his face upon you and be gracious to you and grant you peace. Take Care and God Bless
Jared Peter
Sunday - Teach Sunday School at JKK then at 5 go to Church Of God Makati for an English Church Service
Monday - suppose to be my day off but never is. I meet with my mentor (man I met at COG) in the afternoon and then have a prayer meeting with some of my friends.
Tuesday - We have a Church meeting early afternoon then I go to Tender Ministries for Night Life. Where it's a drop in center for the homeless and they give them time to take a shower and give them a meal (twice a week). Also try and help them in anyway they can. They are mostly teens but they ages range from infants to 50
Wednesday - YM Team meeting in the morning and then Tagalog School in the afternoon.
Thursday - I go down to Tender Ministries a little earlier because we go to a squatter community and give a bible lesson and some food to the kids. They call it community based ministry. Then we go back to the drop-in center and have Night Life again.
Friday - I have Tagalog School in the afternoon and then we have JKK prayer meeting in the evening
Saturday - We have a kids ministry in the morning at our Church where we have a bible lesson,
some games and a meal for the kids. Then we have youth (JKK) in the evening.
On the 28th of February our Church put on a youth evangelism concert on the roof top of our building. It went really well, after the hour an a half delay before starting. Our friends from another Church (LJBC) helped out by sharing there musical talents. We had about 5 acts and then an open mic at the end but for some they didn't let share a song. Our team leader from YM shared a message as well and I felt that is went really well and everyone had a great time.
Then on the 6th I took about 20 of our youth to a concert. It was Rommel Guevara who works for International Teams and go all over the world doing concerts. We are lucky enough that he is Filipino so we can see him oven then others because he is amazing man and a lot of fun. Oh and of course is a great musician and singer. His wife also preforms with him and is a daughter who I think is 6 went on stage for a few songs and made her ax wail. So the concert was really good and everyone had a lot of fun.
This past week from the 9 - 11 we took 18 youth from Tender Ministries to Rizal Re-Creation camp. It's about 2 hours outside the city which was awesome because I love getting outside the city. The Camp is absolutely beautiful. It has a pool, beach volley ball, basketball courts, and an open field with actual grass. The camp is run by an American so the meals definitely had some western feel to it which was great. Although they had rice at every meal I never took it and the kids were very confused. It was buffet style and other then the 2 youth that had been there before I doubt ever had a buffet meal in their life so they just went to town. Although the first meal many of their eyes were bigger then their stomachs. The youth (12-18 years old) that came are either from Night Life ministry or from the Community based ministry. The program was very well put together and everything ran smoothly. The kids were surprisingly well behaved and participated in everything that was planned. Some testimonies were shared by the kids at the end and they were very powerful. They were all so grateful for the kind of experience and loved all the teachings that were shared because they learned new things about God. One girl said that she had to beg her father to let her come because her father feels that the Tender Ministries group is a bad group to hangout with. Also you can see the desire in her to change from her old ways so we are praying that she does. I would love your prayers for these kids, in that they can keep the fire in their hearts going and not let the world snuff it out.....Also they are planning a kids camp (5-12 years old) at the same place and are asking for prayers and finical support. So I ask for your help in this.
Once again thank you so much for all the love and support you have shown me. May God shine his face upon you and be gracious to you and grant you peace. Take Care and God Bless
Jared Peter
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