Greetings Prayer Shield, Family and Friends, Well it has been awhile since I last sent and email to you and I apologize for taking so long. I'm writing to you from Canada today as Lydia, Josiah and I are here for a short furlough. What a joy to be with our church, family and friends again! This is a very special time for us and we feel so loved by you all here in Ontario! We hope we have the opportunity to hang out with some of you while we are here, we go back...
Greetings Once Again from the Philippines! We hope you are all well and strong in the faith of our LORD Jesus! Today is Election Day in the Philippines...May 10, we pray for godly leadership in all levels of the government. Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, "You are my LORD; I have no good apart from you." Psalms 16:1-2 This is my prayer, for protection...we discovered we have atleast 2 full grown deadly snakes living in our yard that are...
Greetings in the Name of Our LORD Jesus Christ, It's summer in the Philippines! It has been awhile since I last wrote and I apologize for the long pause, had a filled couple of months and just now got a chance to breathe out a report. Sometimes I'm not sure if people even read our emails but a friend has requested an update from us and I like that. Glad to know we have people who love us, pray for us and are concerned how we are doing. God bless you all! Our God...
Greetings from Davao City, How are you feeling? Praise God for another month of life in the LORD! AMEN! Family News: We are well by the grace of God. Lydia and I are well, Josiah got sick this week from amebiasis (a one-celled parasite that infects the intestines). He had a high fever, vomited once and was weak but we medicated him and he's good now. We think he got it from a swimming pool when we were visiting some friends from the US & Germany. January...
YEAR END REPORT- 2009 WELLOFLIFE CORE VALUES Empower people regardless of their race, culture, religion, age and gender to transform their communities. Facilitate physical, spiritual, emotional and social growth & development. Community ownership of CHE (Community Health Education) program. Deliver hope through holistic approaches. Multiplication through intensive training. Program sustainability and effectiveness. ...
Blessed New Year to you dear Brothers and Sisters, Family and Friends! "LORD, who shall abide in Your tabernacle? who shall dwell in your holy hill? He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart." Psalm 15:1-2 The diver plunges deep to find pearls, and we must accept any labor or hazard to win a soul! ~ Charles...
Greetings from the Philippines, Praise the LORD for He is good and His mercy endures forever AMEN! I got my Philippine permanent residency 13(A) visa yesterday! It's been a long and expensive process but thankfully I now have it, and it is good for life no need to renew it. I just have to renew my ACR-I Card every 5 years and pay a very minimal fee at the beginning of each year for the ACR - I Card. Thanks to all who helped me pay for this over the last year. We...
Dear Prayer Shield, I thought it would be a good idea to give you all a recap of our Wednesday morning prayer time every week so you can stand in the gap with us and intercede for our mission here in Davao City Philippines. The LORD is really reminding me these days about His soon and eminent return to this earth to avenge His enemies and establish His throne once and for all! I cannot begin to image what this means as I've pretty much been sleeping for most of my...
Greetings In the Name of the LORD! 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. We are a royal priesthood AMEN! Let us live our lives knowing that we are a royal priesthood and we have to behave as those called out of darkness into God's marvelous light! We must proclaim the mighty acts of God...
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Greetings from Davao City, Mindanao the southern Island of the Philippines! Glory to the Righteous LORD our God and King! It's seems like it's been a long while since I email you all last...I've been wanting to update you sooner but have been working every night past dark and just collapsing to sleep after eating dinner. Thank you for your unselfish giving that allows for us to have food to eat! God Provides: I am amazed at how good God is at keeping...
Greetings Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Family, We are thankful to God for the 1 Year Anniversary of WELLOFLIFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC. coming up this July 23, 2009. We praise God for strength, connections, our board, members, volunteers and staff, supporters, church in Canada (Park Road Pentecostal Church - CAOG) and our church here in the Philippines (New Life - Assemblies of God)! Special thank you to all those who are praying for...
Proposal for TANAMAN SA KINABUHI GARDEN OF LIFE I.Summary Through the Republic Act 8525, otherwise known as "An Act Establishing the Adopt-A-School Program" we believe we can make a difference in the lives of the children, parents and teachers of "San Miguel Public Elementary School" and other schools in the future...
Stating the Case for Investment in CHE A study paper for use by CHE International Network’s collaborating organizations and network coordinators in making a case to Donors, By Terry Dalrymple What Does an Investment in CHE Achieve? The purpose of Community Health Evangelism (CHE) work is not just breaking poverty or planting churches, though both of those things are accomplished through our Community Health Evangelism (CHE) programs....
WELLOFLIFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC. CHE "Community Health Education" Ministry Overview CHE Home Visitations Visitations are done regularly to the same families in target areas, evangelism and follow-up visits to families facilitates discipleship and lasting change. The CHE's (community health educators) network with existing agencies to inform families what services are available to them, where to...
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Family and Loved Ones, Rejoice in the LORD for He is Good and Worthy to be praised! Actually Jesus Christ alone is Worthy of our praise...NO OTHER! AMEN! Well it seems like a long time since my last blog, sorry for the delay. Tanaman Sa Kinabuhi (Garden of Life) School Garden/Park Project I've been busy and staying up in the late hours of the night working on a proposal for a 5 year organic garden/park project we will implement at our local public...
Greetings in the Name of Jesus the Prince of Peace, James 1:27 "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." What is pure and undefiled religion? To visit the fatherless and widow in their affliction...what does that word affliction mean? A condition of pain, suffering, or distress. This religion which is pleasing to God requires action, compassionate...
Maayong Gabii Mga Igsoon! (Good Evening Brothers and Sisters!) Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Who is worthy of all our praise??? The Name above names, The King above kings, The Lord above lords... The Lamb of God---------JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR!!! Sing with me a new song! Joy is in the air this evening as I meditate on the goodness of God (and the rats in my roof run and squeak). I thank God for my wonderful family Lydia and...
Greetings Warriors, As I sit at my computer at 4am Sunday morning scanning the all bad news articles... I think to myself...Jesus is coming soon! Are we ready??? Well I hope this will be a bit of a refreshment to you if you take the time to read the adventures of us who live by faith and not by sight. We have the Gospel lets share the good news! I thank God for His provision this month and for those who sacrificial give to our mission here, the people we minister to are...
Hello and Greetings In The Only Name Worthy To Be Praised... Yes That's JESUS!!! How are you all doing? It's been a while what have you been up too? Asa ka na? (Where are you now?) The Smith's are right here in the center of God's will for our lives at this time and this moment. We're still in the Philippines and so happy to be alive and glowing for Christ our Savior. Do you have the fire of God in your bones this very moment? If not email us back and...
Dear Praying Friends, I was proud of Lydia today as she preached the WORD of God hot and strong! My fellow Gideons International member, brother in the LORD and member of our WELLOFLIFE Board of Trustees Brother Dominador Dizo attended our service to give the Gideons Church Report this morning. Today was the last CHE "Community Health Educator" training session, a series of 6 sessions. We had a total of 26 people participate in our participatory training on health and spiritual...