I have safely arrived in the Philippines! The travel - all 30 hours of it - went well and my luggage and myself arrived with no issues :). I'm sorry I have not been able to blog sooner, internet here can be a little fussy and with the FIRE School of ministry team being here for the past 10 days we were BUSY!
I now live in the city of Davao. It has a population of about 1.3 million and it is very active. However, it is not a city like NYC, Chicago, etc. There are areas of extreme poverty and lack, people living in houses made of scrap metal, tin, and bamboo. It is not what you think of when you think "city." I will post more pics of the city as the adventure continues. :)
In the past 10 days I was able to see almost every ministry associated with FIRE International here in the Philippines. We went into impoverished parts of the city to "door-to-door" evangelize, had 4 night services focused on bringing in the lost with the demonstration of the Spirit in power, we went to a garbage dump where people live in New Carmen, visited a school just past the garabage dump in New Carmen, put on a basketball outreach (Basketball is HUGE here!), visited Samal Island(which is where the Hope for all Children Property is), and drove 3 hours into the mountains of Malita & Talacunga and ministered in small churches, door-to-door--and my favorite in a small church that was in a very small remote village in the mountains. Needless to say we were busy. Pictures Below, video to come :)
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| Girls at the School in New Carmen Sang and did a dance for us | |
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| In New Carmen I received a word of knowledge that a woman had a injured her right arm - and she was healed! Praise God! |
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| This is the Dump in New Carmen where people live, literally on top of the garbage and its surrounding area |
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| Samal Island Property - - the ground is all broken up and ready to be used for crops to feed the orphans |
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| another view of Samal, the property is 37 acres! |
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| The woman on the far left was once the only pastor on the entire Island, she used to walk through what is now our property praying for laborers! |
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| Meetings in Agdao, if you look closely you can see most people are on the floor :) |
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| Some children from the door to door outreach in Agdao |
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| Onlookers at the basketball outreach: The woman with the scarf on her head the Lord showed me ahead of time in my prayer time, so imagine how surprised she was when I shared several words of knowledge with her. She was full of joy & blessed by Gods unending love. |
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| Basketball Outreach : I was able to pray for a sick man with Sean Graham in the house all the way to the left. It was an awesome time of freedom as they fell under the conviction of the Holy Spirit and began throwing out all their witch doctor items, etc. And then they directed us to their brother's and sister's houses to pray for them too! |
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| Tears flowed as we ministered in Malita Night Meetings |
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It was an awesome opprotunity to participate with the team from FIRE for the first week of my internship. As they left, my heart was at peace and I am eagerly anticipating the coming weeks. Thank you all for supporting this trip, it is already been a life-changing experience.
Blessings,
Bethany
