Memories are…’Priceless’

If there’s one thing we can all take from this trip, it would be our stronger unity as a team. To be honest, We had to fight through many of life’s insecurities, pride, and irritations as we worked with each other daily. It is understandable and quite natural that people will get like this toward each other, especially if you’re living together and working for God’s purpose.

To our surprise, we actually connected with many of the locals here at Manila. Many of whom are leaders at their occupation. We were really blessed to be given the opportunity to work with Victory Malate Church and staff. They were able to work and fellowship aside our team these past weeks. We were then given an opportunity to give a prophetic word over the church leaders. It was a huge stretch for many of the team members and we had to take a step of faith in letting God take control and to speak to us clearly. During a prophetic word meeting, it must be given and received in faith!

Within our mission time, we were able to reach out to one major campus. There was a little discouragement at first when we kept getting turned away by some well known campuses. But with perseverance and prayer, we were able to reach the Philippine Women’s University (PWU). We went on campus in an instant and were able to meet with the campus administration, speaking with them on a one to one basis. The really cool thing about it was we got to see the first PWU students attending the Friday U-night service and getting saved! Having said that, it’s safe to say that with man, some things are impossible, but with God nothing is impossible.

Overall, our missions trip was quite an experience. One that we well definitely never forget. As we go our separate ways, it is in our prayers to keep growing in faith and not fall due to the distractions of the world. “Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.” – Matthew 13:32

This short-term mission is finally at an end. As we come together at EN2010, we pray for another powerful encounter with God and for Him to unlock His purpose and destiny in our lives and for His presence to come before us! May this be another event that will never be forgotten!

God Bless,
Team Manila

Finishing STRONG.

Yesterday we went to Manila Science High School with JR, one of the campus ministers here at Victory Malate. It is one of the top high schools here in Manila and majority of the students go on to attend two of the top universities, De La Salle University and the University of the Philippines. We were invited to speak to one of the classes about Life Box, a new model approach of campus ministry that aims to teach and equip students about LIFE (Leadership, Integrity, Faith and Excellence). A few members of our team gave a short teaching on leadership, to engage and inspire students to be model leaders both at home and on their campus. Afterward we broke up into small groups and had discussions with the students. It was a great time of building relationships with students and as a team we learned how to engage more with them.

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Last night was also our last time at the youth service. Percy, one of the campus ministers, gave a powerful message on significance that led to an awesome response and a lot of students to encounter God. After service a group of girls from PWU came up to us and introduced themselves. It was their first time at service and some of them were at our Hawaiian party the night before, which led them to come back for more and also bring along more of their classmates. They told us they really liked the service and wanted to come again. It was truly God! We also had a chance to pray over the youth mission team going to Rojas in August and bless them with an impartation . Our team got to individually encourage and bless other leaders that we had built with by praying over them. Last night Pastor Coach was also battling sickness but our team and other leaders from the church laid hands on him for healing and PRAISE THE LORD he was up and ready to go this morning!

Today we went back to PWU, Philippine Women’s University to attend the Freshman Acquaintance Party. God really opened the doors for on PWU. It is truly an amazing testimony that can only come by God’s grace because we were told by JR and Pastor Daniel that for the longest time they have been trying to get on this campus and minister to the students, but they were always turned away. On Thursday we were so blessed to have Dr. Fiel and students from PWU come to our Hawaii night. He had brought with him some teachers and faculty members and they were all blessed in the time we spent together. In attending the Freshman Acquaintance Party we got to connect more with Wendy and Sedrick, the president and vice-president of the Freshman class. We know that it is not by accident that they were the two people that our team got to build the most with since we first came on campus. We’ve got to know many of the life stories of the students and staff, and in doing so build bridges between the campus ministers and the school. We believe it is only the start of something great that God is going to do on Philippine Women’s University. We are just so blessed to have witnessed and been a part of the first seeds planted. Please continue to pray for opened hearts and strong relationships to built with PWU and the campus ministers. God is truly doing an amazing work!

As our team finishes our mission trip strong here in Manila, it is not the end but only the beginning of something GREATER!!

Thank you so much for your continued support and prayers!

Experience Aloha

This Hawaii party was not just about Aloha and Hawaii…

A great night fun, food, friends, and fellowship came with this Hawaii party. We had one fun game, two testimonies, two hula dances, and skit to top off the night. What a night to remember for a great future to come with statement about being “fishers of men.”

The first event was an icebreaker to get the crowd into the Hawaii night event. It was a relay race. This race is not just any old race, it had a Hawaii twist. The college that competed in this great event was Philippine Women’s University (PWU) and Philippine Normal University (PNU). After the relay race we had facts about Hawaii then the first hula dance with a song called “Oceans will part” by Hillsong. Then the night went by with the Hukilau. Another important time was sharing our testimonies.

After all the night went by quickly and the people of Malate will remember this historic “Hawaii Night.”

God Bless,
Team Manila

“PROPHETIC…stepping out in FAITH”

ALOHA!
yesterday we had the whole day to prepare the prophetic that night. Some of the members fasted and prayed, while other members of the team persevere in their sickness. When we got to the Victory center we had some time to mingle with the leaders that we were gonna prophecy over. After an hour we started the meeting with AMAZING WORSHIP W/LEE. After the AMAZING worship, Pastor Coach went up to explain to the leaders what a prophetic was. Pastor Daniel also mentioned to our team that they never had a prophetic for four years. We had about 30 leaders that needed to be prophesied over. Once we started God used us to bless many of the leaders with great words of encouragement, edification, healing, and comfort. Things were spoken over them about traveling the world, planting a church, and leading people to the KINGDOM OF GOD! sooooo AMAZING! 🙂 Many of the leaders were brought to tears of BREAKTHROUGH in their lives, like this one leader that needed to be more secure in God and with her identity. It was a huge stretch for many of the team members because we had to take a step of faith in letting God take control and to speak to us clearly, but God came through and shined through us….b/c that’s what it’s truly about. Prophecy is truly about having a strong and close relationship with God, also having LOVE for the people and the FEAR OF GOD. SO AMAZING! 🙂

Opening Doors

Always believing past seeing…
That is what was proclaimed today, believing beyond seeing. It seem very unlikely that we were going to be able to get onto a campus because things have changed in the past couple years. The guards are so much more stricter now about letting people onto the campus because of past riots cause on the campuses by other kids. The first campus that we visited was De La Sal University. We were praying and believing that we will be allowed on the campus but our request was denied for a later time because it was a surprise to them.
We moved on to the next campus still in faith and not dishearten, still believing over what we were seeing. The next campus we arrived at was The Philippine Women’s University. This time we were able to get onto the campus but with a tour guide from Dr. Fiel R. Nierva who is the head of PWU marketing. He gave us the tour around the campus learning the history and the roots of the school. We just continued to wait patiently waiting for the moment where we can mingle with the students and do what we have came here to do. They took us to through their academic building, art museum, and also their cultural museum. Then finally they let us go to mingle with the student government, the door was opened.
We met the president and vice president spending time with them and speaking into their lives. Now after today the student government wants us to come back again this Wednesday for an event called Freshmen Acquaintance Party. God has given us more opportunities to reach out to the students that are unsaved. He has opened more doors and as a team, we have continued to realized that it is God’s plan. It was past seeing what was in front of us but truly believing in what God has in store for us.

Hungry for Love

Being in Malate this week our eyes were opened to the poverty in this city. Kids and babies are living on the streets of Malate. There are no parents around for some. It’s obvious that they don’t eat. Victory Malate Church is beginning a new feeding program on Tuesday for the hungry children called “Real Life”. Our team plans to volunteer our services. Some of the leaders in the church explained to us why there is so much poverty here. He told us there are many reasons. A few reasons are a corrupt government, impressions of life, and some choose not to go to school. Our team is growing and God is touching our hearts. God is really showing us the REAL world that we live in today.

Our outreach here is expanding by the day. We are learning to put our Mission completely in God’s Hands for it is His mission and not ours. The Victory Malate church is doing a lot of work for the Every Nations World Conference 2010. Their schedules are really busy so we’re trying to get a full schedule for us to minister on the campuses of High Schools and Colleges. We’ve met a lot of the campus ministers and leaders. One of our goals is building relationships with them so we may help them reach the unreached on their campuses.

God Bless,
Team Manila

Day 1: @ Malate

Aloha,

Our plane ride was about eleven hours. The plane had to make a stop over at Guam to refuel. What a bumpy ride that was! We have arrived at Malate Manila and we are looking forward to working with the people. Some things we’ve seen in one night: Walking around Malate, there were children sleeping in the streets and old lady begging in front of a store. The scenes match something like “Slumdog Millionaire.” We’ve also met with the Victory Malate staff, and we’re excited and looking forward to working with them. Amongst the team members there are different views, some back at homeland, others a different and new experience. Currently, we’re getting prepared and situated for God’s work.

God Bless,
Team Manila

Welcome

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is our first post:

Aloha,

Welcome to our first blog site! We want you all to be well aware of what we are doing on our missions trip on a live daily account! First of all, thank you for your support on our mission. Since the first official meeting in February 2010, we grew closer and stronger as a team. Despite our struggles, the team is ready to say “a hui hou.” But none of this could be done without you.

God Bless,

Team Manila