Going back to the Philippines for winter break is something I truly looked forward to. After a not so normal Christmas and New Year/birthday celebration in China, I was more than ready to hibernate and enjoy the sun in my home country alone. But as usual, plans change every minute. As Hudson Taylor
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 Last Sunday a group of Indian workers in Singapore planted a church in their home-town of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This group of Indian Christians, many of whom were recently saved in Singapore, sent their leader Jacob Bethapudi back to their home-town to start a new church. Jacob came to Singapore some five years ago to work  Last week I was in Indonesia meeting my co-workers and friends there. We were having coffee in a popular coffee/donut shop, when one of my friends told me of how he reached street kids at a McDonald’s restaurant. My friend’s ministry is focused on street kids. When my friend heard that the local McDonald’s had added  There are an estimated 300,000 Nepalis in Malaysia. A dear Malaysian lady reaches out to them in their dormitories. This dear lady is busy running her multi-level business but finds time to reach the Nepalis in their dormitories every Saturday.
She has helped to build 3 churches in Nepal and start a livelihood project Early this year (2009) a team from the Wilds USA came to Doane to transmit the camping knowledge that they have employed in reaching many young Americans to the Lord. That was the birth of e-CAMP at Doane Church. The church is not a novice in the camping ministry having handled hundreds of I read recently that said the Philippines was the greatest wasted potential in the world. I thought about it, and I absolutely agree! What do I mean? I mean that God is doing a special work in the Philippines. He has given a tenderness and receptivity to the gospel message that is not often seen. He One typhoon after another – Ketsana (Ondoy) was a tropical storm which drenched the Philippines with its heaviest rainfall in 40 years and flooded 80 percent of Manila. A week later, Typhoon Parma killed several hundred people and destroyed over 50,000 homes. Then we braced for another typhoon – Lupit, and thankfully it veered away. In the Today’s telecommunications allows us to keep in touch conveniently, cheaply and extensively. Most Asian towns (and many villages) are covered by telecommunications networks. So it is possible for a Christian worker in a village, to communicate with his supervisor in the town, and for his supervisor to communicate with mission-partners abroad. Work-reports and photos of |
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