It seems to me as though this Philippines outreach has snuck up on me. Thats not to say I feel unprepared in any way, just that is feels like this school has whizzed by. This being the second outreach I have helped lead, I feel a lot more at ease and comfortable in the position. It also doesn’t hurt that the Philippines is a english speaking nation, especially in the big cities that we will be visiting.
We will begin our journey to the Philippines in Manila, the capital. There we are helping out at a 50th year of YWAM celebration that is being run around the world throughout this year. We will also be helping out with the slum ministries as a squatter’s village has been established on top of Manila’s main garbage dump.
From Manila we go to Baguio. There we are going to be teaching in three separate Discipleship Training Weeks, a very condensed version of a DTS. We are the speakers for the schools and each member of our team will be leading lectures, small groups, worship, and so on.
Olongapo is our final destination for ministry. It is estimated that 8% of people in Olongapo are prostitutes. We will be working in a restoration home for women that mentors, councils, and restores former prostitutes. There we will be teaching the women and girls in the house, displaying what is means to be brothers and sisters in Christ, and actually going into the bars to talk with these women and the customers. The last team that visited Olongapo, through a move of God, was actually able to get a 16 year old girl named Hannah and her son into the restoration house where she is now thriving and saving up to do her DTS in the Philippines.
The team is excited to go and everyone is doing fantastic. It’s another small team, but another all-star team. Again is seems like this DTS lecture phase has flown by, but I am so excited to see all God has in store for us in the Philippines.
Baptismal service
Performing Samoan dance at the talent show.
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