Well there have been a few rains in the last week and people are saying that the rainy season is here in which I'm pretty pumped because that means it should cools down. Also we can start quoting Forrest Gump now, "One day it started raining, and it didn't quit for four months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin' rain... and big ol' fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways. And sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Shoot, it even rained at night...". But it does have it's downfalls, as in sometimes the ministries shut down because it is raining too much. Also it can turn into Typhoons which can bring major flooding and do a lot of property damaging. So it will be a lot different for me because I come from Ontario where natural disasters happen next to never.
The youth has been going really well. I have really stepped back and let the older youth of the Church take charge and they are doing a great job. The first Saturday I was back from my trip there was 20 youth that showed up to the event and some that I had not seen before. The event was held at our Church and it was organized really well. Very encouraging. This past Saturday we had a movie viewing at our Church and there was a good turn out again. We watched Blindside, which is a great movie.
Our children's feeding (ministry) is going really awesome as well. We had 75 kids come out on Saturday which is a all time high. It gets a little crazy but it's really sweet to see so many kids come. Then on Sunday we had almost 30 kids in our Sunday School class. Also with this I want to give a shout out to Stratford, Ontario for their one and only Justin Bieber because all of the kids here love singing his songs. Justin's songs are downloaded on everyone's cell phones and every is jamming to him right now. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me.
Back on the 17th we took a group of 15 kids to Tagaytay which is a beautiful area about an hour outside the city. Its great to get the kids outside the city for a break from the streets. It was a park like area with a beautiful view of a volcano. It also had horses in which we rented and let the kids ride them. They had a great time.
On Sunday we held a dinner for a cause at our Church that was a great success. There were about 50 people who came out to support. The fundraiser was for Youth Mobalization in which are planning 2 different missions trips. One is to help out a Church that is about 3 hours away in which we have a partnership with. I am planning on going with this one. It is happening at the end of July. The other one is at the end of October and they are planning on going to Cambodia.
Thanks for all your prayers. May God Bless you all.
Jared
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
A little Travel
A couple (Josh and Randi Dookhie) that I went to CMU with just finished teaching English in Bangkok, Thailand and wanted to travel before they go home to Winnipeg. So I joined them from April 27-May 13 and also my roommate (Chris Vines) from CMU and Josh's cousin Caleb flew in from Canada for this adventure.
So we stayed in Bangkok for a few days for Caleb and Chris to beat their Jet lag and for the Dookhie's to show us around a little. Bangkok is a lot like Manila where it is a clash of new and old culture. The new being mega malls and everything western and the old being the street markets and street vendors selling traditional dishes. After our Bangkok experience we took the over night train to Chang Mai. In Chang Mai we went to an Elephant sanctuary where you could pet, feed, and ride the elephants which was real awesome. Elephants are such an amazing creator. After that we went to a snake show which was ridiculous. They had, rat snakes, pythons, jumping snakes, cobras and king cobras. The king cobra was one of the scariest things I have ever seen. I love snakes but the things guys were doing with them was insane. Cobras are very poisonous and the trainers (I use that term loosely) would put their finger on the cobra's nose and then they upped the ante and kissed them on the face. We were sitting so close to them that I would say we were in some sort of danger. There are no safety regulations over here but I think I like it Better that way. Also for all those Rambo fans this snake place is where Rambo 4 was filmed. I feel that much closer to Stallone now and it feels pretty good.
After Chang Mai we trained back to Bangkok and took a bus to Siem Reap, Cambodia. From there we went to see Angkor Wat, at sunrise non-the-less. Angkor Wat are ruins/temples of a lost empire. They were built in the 12th century if I remember correctly. They are the most spectacular thing I have ever seen. I just can't understand how they built them with such little technology. After that we bussed down to Sounooke Ville, which is a small beach town down in the south. We stayed there 2 night there and then crossed the boarder again back into Thailand and went to the island of Koh Chang where we stayed for 3 nights. Then we bussed back to Bangkok where I flew back to Manila and the other 4 made there way down to Malaysia.
All in all it was an awesome trip. One of great refreshment and re-connection with old friends. Thanks for the prayers while I was gone. May God Bless you all.
Jared
So we stayed in Bangkok for a few days for Caleb and Chris to beat their Jet lag and for the Dookhie's to show us around a little. Bangkok is a lot like Manila where it is a clash of new and old culture. The new being mega malls and everything western and the old being the street markets and street vendors selling traditional dishes. After our Bangkok experience we took the over night train to Chang Mai. In Chang Mai we went to an Elephant sanctuary where you could pet, feed, and ride the elephants which was real awesome. Elephants are such an amazing creator. After that we went to a snake show which was ridiculous. They had, rat snakes, pythons, jumping snakes, cobras and king cobras. The king cobra was one of the scariest things I have ever seen. I love snakes but the things guys were doing with them was insane. Cobras are very poisonous and the trainers (I use that term loosely) would put their finger on the cobra's nose and then they upped the ante and kissed them on the face. We were sitting so close to them that I would say we were in some sort of danger. There are no safety regulations over here but I think I like it Better that way. Also for all those Rambo fans this snake place is where Rambo 4 was filmed. I feel that much closer to Stallone now and it feels pretty good.
After Chang Mai we trained back to Bangkok and took a bus to Siem Reap, Cambodia. From there we went to see Angkor Wat, at sunrise non-the-less. Angkor Wat are ruins/temples of a lost empire. They were built in the 12th century if I remember correctly. They are the most spectacular thing I have ever seen. I just can't understand how they built them with such little technology. After that we bussed down to Sounooke Ville, which is a small beach town down in the south. We stayed there 2 night there and then crossed the boarder again back into Thailand and went to the island of Koh Chang where we stayed for 3 nights. Then we bussed back to Bangkok where I flew back to Manila and the other 4 made there way down to Malaysia.
All in all it was an awesome trip. One of great refreshment and re-connection with old friends. Thanks for the prayers while I was gone. May God Bless you all.
Jared
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Summer Continued
Our Church just held it's first DVBS ever and I feel it went really well. It was the same as the one we ran up in Kanawan, so it ran a little smoother this time. We did it in 3 days again by having it in the afternoon as well. We had about 35 kids and I was helping with the older group again, 10-13 year olds. Also another thing that is real encouraging about our Church is that last Friday we had 9 people that got baptized. Give God all the Glory. We also had a movie youth night last Saturday in which we watched Stardust which about 20 youth came out which is really good to see.
Night life's attendance has has been down for the last few weeks but this past Tuesday there were about 25 people and they were mostly young youth which was so good to see. Not that there are a lot of people in need but that these are the ages they are wanting to reach out to and that they feel comfortable coming to the drop-in center. I really love spending time with those kids.
Tomorrow I am visiting some Friends in Thailand for over 2 weeks so I ask for your prayers for safety. Once again thank you all for all the prayers, encouragement, and support. Take care and God Bless.
Jared Peter
Night life's attendance has has been down for the last few weeks but this past Tuesday there were about 25 people and they were mostly young youth which was so good to see. Not that there are a lot of people in need but that these are the ages they are wanting to reach out to and that they feel comfortable coming to the drop-in center. I really love spending time with those kids.
Tomorrow I am visiting some Friends in Thailand for over 2 weeks so I ask for your prayers for safety. Once again thank you all for all the prayers, encouragement, and support. Take care and God Bless.
Jared Peter
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Summer
The summer vacation for school here is April and May and is also the hottest time of the year. So needless to say it is nasty hot now.
Youth: 2 weeks ago we rented out the basketball court again and about 25 youth came. Mostly boys because we played basketball, but I feel it was a good turnout and fun was had. Then last week we didn't have an event because of Holy Week (ministries shut down during Holy Week, an oxymoron, I think so but more on that later). Then his past Saturday we took the youth to a water park, a small one but non-the-less a water park. It had a couple of slides and a wave pool. About 25 youth came out again and everyone had an awesome time.
This past week our YM team were up in a rural mountain village doing a DVBS. About 100 kids were in attendance ranging from 5-14 years old. The theme was on taking care of God Creation and I feel it went really well. We all had so much fun with the kids. Every evening we went swimming in the stream with them which was great fun.
Holy Week: Since everything was quite in the city (and it truly was, almost like a ghost town on Friday, this is because every leaves the city to go visit family) John and I went to the beach with a couple of our friends that were visiting. Needless to say we had an amazing time which seeing old friends and having a short vacation.
So Holy Week here can get really crazy. The Philippines is considered a Catholic nation because they were colonized by the Spanish back in the 1500s. I think it is from Catholic influence that they really identify with the suffering of Jesus and spend all their focus on the Friday instead of the Sunday (although I have heard it could be from some of the cult like practices as well). Anyway on the Good Friday they have big parades and plays that go on all over the country that deal with stations of the cross but still seem to miss the real point of Jesus' death. Also in some areas (mostly rural) people take it up a notch and do self-flagellation (flog themselves with bamboo whips) and some even get nailed to the cross (but not until death). They feel if they suffer like Jesus did they will be rewarded more, that they can identify with Him more. Or that they can pay for there own sins and buy their way into Heaven. In which is totally reading the scripture all wrong because Jesus died for us and paid the price so we never have to. It was a gift and all we need to do is accept it. It was out of his never ending love that he did it not out of ritualism as I feel a lot of these people do it for.
Also one thing I noticed was on the other side of the Easter, the Sunday, when Christ has risen isn't that big of a day. I feel they put all their time and effort on Good Friday that Easter Sunday is just like any other Sunday. Where I feel more of our attention should be on Him Rising. Yes Jesus had to die to take our sin away but Him rising from the dead made all the difference. He defeated death and lives in us and this is a reason for celebration.
Thank you for all your love, prayers and support. You are all so great. Take care and God Bless.
Jared Peter
Youth: 2 weeks ago we rented out the basketball court again and about 25 youth came. Mostly boys because we played basketball, but I feel it was a good turnout and fun was had. Then last week we didn't have an event because of Holy Week (ministries shut down during Holy Week, an oxymoron, I think so but more on that later). Then his past Saturday we took the youth to a water park, a small one but non-the-less a water park. It had a couple of slides and a wave pool. About 25 youth came out again and everyone had an awesome time.
This past week our YM team were up in a rural mountain village doing a DVBS. About 100 kids were in attendance ranging from 5-14 years old. The theme was on taking care of God Creation and I feel it went really well. We all had so much fun with the kids. Every evening we went swimming in the stream with them which was great fun.
Holy Week: Since everything was quite in the city (and it truly was, almost like a ghost town on Friday, this is because every leaves the city to go visit family) John and I went to the beach with a couple of our friends that were visiting. Needless to say we had an amazing time which seeing old friends and having a short vacation.
So Holy Week here can get really crazy. The Philippines is considered a Catholic nation because they were colonized by the Spanish back in the 1500s. I think it is from Catholic influence that they really identify with the suffering of Jesus and spend all their focus on the Friday instead of the Sunday (although I have heard it could be from some of the cult like practices as well). Anyway on the Good Friday they have big parades and plays that go on all over the country that deal with stations of the cross but still seem to miss the real point of Jesus' death. Also in some areas (mostly rural) people take it up a notch and do self-flagellation (flog themselves with bamboo whips) and some even get nailed to the cross (but not until death). They feel if they suffer like Jesus did they will be rewarded more, that they can identify with Him more. Or that they can pay for there own sins and buy their way into Heaven. In which is totally reading the scripture all wrong because Jesus died for us and paid the price so we never have to. It was a gift and all we need to do is accept it. It was out of his never ending love that he did it not out of ritualism as I feel a lot of these people do it for.
Also one thing I noticed was on the other side of the Easter, the Sunday, when Christ has risen isn't that big of a day. I feel they put all their time and effort on Good Friday that Easter Sunday is just like any other Sunday. Where I feel more of our attention should be on Him Rising. Yes Jesus had to die to take our sin away but Him rising from the dead made all the difference. He defeated death and lives in us and this is a reason for celebration.
Thank you for all your love, prayers and support. You are all so great. Take care and God Bless.
Jared Peter
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Changes
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
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 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
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Updates and a Request
We finished our sports fest yesterday and it was a total success. All of the teams had a really great time and for the finals we even had some fans come out, which was good to see. Our Church finished 2nd and we put up a good fight for 1st but couldn't quite pull it off, maybe next year.
On Saturday IT Tender took 10 kids (from the night life night ministry, which means they are homeless) to a children's Museum in Manila and which I went with them. It was a really awesome time, the museum was really well done with loads of fun things to do. They even had a performance of cultural dances and music. The kids had so much fun and it is really great to see them with smiles on their faces. You can see some photos on my facebook, I was tagged in some. After the museum we went to the park and played there for a bit and then had picnic which is always sweet.
On Sunday our Church celebrated it's 2nd anniversary in which we had big party for it. We had our service outside so more people could come. There were performances by the children and youth and even had games during the service. We made loads of food for a dinner after the service which was great. I am positive that everyone had a great time.
The Request that I have is that IT Tender is putting on a youth camp for the youth from their ministries and they want to bring 25 or more youth. The youth are either homeless or squatters and have never experienced a camp of any kind. It will be running from march 9-11 and they need about $1500 to make this happen. So I ask for your donations and prayers as we prepare for this camp.
Once again I thank all of you for your love, prayers and support. May God Bless all of you.
Jared
On Saturday IT Tender took 10 kids (from the night life night ministry, which means they are homeless) to a children's Museum in Manila and which I went with them. It was a really awesome time, the museum was really well done with loads of fun things to do. They even had a performance of cultural dances and music. The kids had so much fun and it is really great to see them with smiles on their faces. You can see some photos on my facebook, I was tagged in some. After the museum we went to the park and played there for a bit and then had picnic which is always sweet.
On Sunday our Church celebrated it's 2nd anniversary in which we had big party for it. We had our service outside so more people could come. There were performances by the children and youth and even had games during the service. We made loads of food for a dinner after the service which was great. I am positive that everyone had a great time.
The Request that I have is that IT Tender is putting on a youth camp for the youth from their ministries and they want to bring 25 or more youth. The youth are either homeless or squatters and have never experienced a camp of any kind. It will be running from march 9-11 and they need about $1500 to make this happen. So I ask for your donations and prayers as we prepare for this camp.
Once again I thank all of you for your love, prayers and support. May God Bless all of you.
Jared
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