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Category: Philippines

  • Photos of trip

    Sorry for not posting the photos here on this blog.  I was posting them to Facebook but didn’t realize those without Facebook accounts could not access them.  Here they are:

  • Ramadan Fellowship

    In the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast for about 30 days.  It so happens that the time Eugene and I spend here in Zamboanga, the Muslim communities rather do activities after late afternoon because most of them sleep approx between 7am to 3pm or so. Today, we went to fish pond to continue our relational…

  • Zamboanga Street Walk

    As Eugene, myself and the rest of the MUPT team were arriving to our street level community during our street walk on Friday, it was not how I imagined it would be.  Maybe it was because I had experienced the street youth’s warm welcome  in Davao so many times I selfishly wished it would be…

  • Orientation

    Orientation We’re received a brief orientation and update on MUPT’s missional standpoint with the Muslim communities and street level youths.  It looks like we need to “empty our cups” (meaning to be open minded and flexible to the communities we’ll be engaging with) in order to make better relationships. On a side note: it’s raining/pouring…

  • Arrival in Philippines

    Eugene and I have reached our destination site in Zamboanga and have settled into our home for the next 3 weeks.  We thank God for providing a safe journey and will continue to pray for safety throughout the trip. So far, we have been adjusting to the jet lag and the heat, but I think…

  • Eugene’s Prayer Request

    Prior to last year’s trip to the Philippines, my mother had told me that I will certainly be blessed by the trip. I was skeptical and didn’t believe her. But after last year’s trip, I felt that I got more out of it than the local Muslims we ministered to. This year I felt that…

  • Greg’s Prayer Request

    God is certainly great! Another opportunity to continue where I left off last year; furthering my relationships in a Godly manner with the local Filipino community in Zamboanga City. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to go on a STM this year due to a lot of uncertainties, but God…

  • Philippines Team: Update #11

    I apologize for not updating daily.  With the compact scheduling (trainings, meeting, preparing, language lessons, etc…) the three of us were exhausted by the time we went back to Kuya Jerry’s place (where we were staying). So right now, as you are reading this, all of us are back safely in Davao City where where…

  • Philippines Team: Update #10

    Before our 3rd session for the computer training in Rio Hondo, we had a team (MUPT) meeting to debrief about the first two sessions.  For the most part, I think both went well in terms of execution and the community really responded well to the training; however, there’s always room for improvement!  We were reminded…

  • Philippines Team: Update #9 – prayer request

    After two days of training on how to operate a computer, we realized that even tho out students have minimal, and sometimes no experience with computer, they are, in fact, very eager to learn.  we were and will continue to cultivate our relationship with them so that they won’t look at us as teachers and…