Eating Balut, Philippines Missions Trip 2008

HEADING HOME

Thank you so much for your prayers for this trip! God used this group in a very special way to share the gospel with thousands and to open new doors of opportunity for our missionairies.

Over 800 patients were seen and around 50 decisions that they are aware of. Many seeds were planted and we need to continue to pray that the Lord will use our Missionaires, National Pastors, the Filipino Christians and other teams to continue to reach the Filipino people.

On our next post we will have some comments and stories from our team members after they return.

ONE LAST CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

Before heading home the team took in a cultural show - it looks as if some of the team members enjoyed the Filipino traditions.

MINISTRY IN MANILA

The team finished up their ministry efforts by attending 7 services in a 28 hour period on Saturday and Sunday.

MEDICAL CLINIC IN MANILA

Friday the team was able to see patients at a medical clinic that our missionaires Boyd & Donna Lyons have in the basement of their church.

BLESS

The team visited BLESS, the ministry of our Missionaires Del & Lora Hooge. BLESS is a ministry that meets the educational needs of the indigent children, whose families cannot afford to send them to school. www.blessachild.net

MEDICAL CLINIC IN MINDORO

MEDICAL CLINICS

Sorry there are no pictures this time - the area they are in for their medical clinics does not have internet - hopefully we will have new pictures up by Thursday night.

Thank you so much for praying - The Lord has answered our prayers - after two days of medical clinics the team has seen over 500 adults! These clinics have opened up many new opportunities for the National Pastor there. They held a service while they were there and at least 25 accepted Christ as their savior! What a huge encouragment and blessing that was to our group!

The clinics have gone well but the team is exhausted. Continue to pray for them as they travel from Mindoro back to Manila on Thursday.

CHURCH SERVICES

The team was able to be in three church services Sunday. Many of them were able to share their testimonies. They will be traveling to Mindoro Monday morning (Sunday night our time) to facilitate their medical clinics. Internet may not be available there so it may be Thursday before we have any new pictures to view.

Please pray for their safety as they travel to Mindoro. Also pray for those they will be seeing in their medical clinics that they will have many opportunities to share the gospel.

SAFE ARRIVAL

Thank you for praying for our team - they left Springfield Friday morning and arrived safely in the Philippines this morning - 4 of our team members flew out earlier this week and have already been ministering in there. Keep praying! We will keep you posted as soon as the team sends us information.

PHILIPPINE MISSION TRIP 08

Please be in prayer for our team as they travel to

the Philippines for a medical mission trip Jan. 18 - 28.

You can keep up with their trip right here on our Mission Trip Blog!


Brenda Bucklew - Shannon Derrick - Clyde Gray - Crystal Groscot

Trandon Groscot - Creig Lobdell - Karen Lobdell - Eddie Lyons

Tiffany Lyons - Scott Marsh - Bryan Powell Tony Schaffitzel

Chris Talburt - Dan Whisler - Gary Wilson

WHAT A CELEBRATION!!

The team made it back safe! God used them in many ways on this trip. We are so thankful for their willingness to go and work in the HOT Arizona Sun!

See more about Josh & Ginger's ministry by clicking below:

Camp Wilderness was a huge success thanks to all your prayers! Over the three nights there were 262 kids registered. They had close to 230 kids each night experiencing Camp Wilderness. WOW!! Out of that number, about 60-70 were kids from their church. The rest were new to Church of Celebration!! AMAZING!! Over the course of the three nights, there were at least 40 public decisions for salvation. FANTASTIC!!

Continue to pray for Josh & Ginger and their church as they prepare to do follow-up with the families that brought their kids for the first time. Pray that they would have the man-power they need to tackle such a big project!!

Time to Cool Off!

The team has been canvassing door to door in 115+ temperatures, so I guess we can't blame them for wanting to cool off in the pool!



Even in the grueling heat, God provides us a reminder of his perfect creation.


Despite the out of this world temperatures, the team continues to prepare for Camp Wilderness!
We aren't sure what Bryan Franco, our intern is doing? But it looks as if the rest of the team is working hard!

Pray that God will use our team to encourage Josh & Ginger and their church members. And pray that God will stir the hearts of those who received information and bring their kids to Camp Wilderness, that they might hear the Gospel and come to know Christ as their Savior.

It's Going to be HOT!

Our team left this morning headed to Tulsa to catch a plane to Arizona this afternoon.

One Big Prayer Request - Pray for Cooler Temperatures - while they are there! This past week they have had outrageous temperatures in Arizona. It has been shared with the team that you sweat 26oz of sweat per hour! And Arizona was listed at the #1 hottest destination this summer!

Also, pray for the Canvassing and the Bible Club they will be holding! God is doing some amazing things at Church of Celebration and we are so excited to be a part!!

Arizona Trip 2007

Please be in prayer for our team who leave for Maricopa, Arizona Thursday, June 21st to work with Josh and Ginger Barrett at their new church plant, Church of Celebration. They just celebrated the one year anniversary of their church and God is doing great things.

You can see more about their church and their ministry at www.churchofcelebration.com.

Steve Boschen - Christa Boschen - Candace Bradbury
Brandon Ivy - Bryan Franco - Becky Gann - Joe Matott

Guatemala YouTube Video Report!

Thank you Eagles Nest!

Larry & Claire Boggs:
Thank you for the great trip! This group and all of HSBC are proud to be a part of your ministry in Guatemala! Thank you for allowing us to partner with you to share the love of Christ to those that you minister to.
Gary

Thank you to everyone that helped the group be able to go financially as well as for all the prayers for us before and while we were gone. We really felt them each day. But most of all I want to thank the team that went. I have lead teams of all age groups but this was my first time to lead a team of mostly high school students so I was not sure what to expect. But I want to say that I would be honored to take this team again anytime anywhere. They were willing to prepare before we left and do what ever was asked of them while we were in Guatemala. Of course it is always exciting for me to have people go on their first mission trip and on this trip we had 10. I truly feel that we have exposed our young people to things that will change their lives from now on. I know they will not look at missions and missionaries in the same light as they may have done before. They now realize the sacrifice they make to follow the call God places on them when they take their families around the world. Little things like street lights at night and nice smooth paved roads. We had such a great time going to the parks and schools and presenting the gospel and playing with the children at the Eagles Nest. For us to see these kids being loved by the incredible staff at the Eagles Nest was great to see. Meeting people like Marta and the rest of the staff there was an honor. Thelme fixed us great meals while we were there so all of us might have gained a few pounds. Again I want to thank everyone that helped us go thought prayers and financial support.

Thank You to everyone!

We would like to thank everyone for following our blog and praying for us while were we gone. We could especially feel the prayers last night when we missed or flight and have to stay in Atlanta overnight and not get home until this morning.

Guatemala boat ride to small town of Santiago

Note: filling boat with gas while we go across the lake, native fisherman, Cindy and native women doing laundry in the lake (because she would not do th zipline...not really), one of the volcano's from the boat ride

More Zip Line Excursion

Note: coffee beans, white-faced coatimundi, and monkee (with the banana in it's hand, not the ones on the zip line)