Updates from Bulan Church
Click here to see a field report from Pastor Virgilio Fulo.
- Pictures of the Bulan church group baptism held August 2.
- Damage caused by Typhoon Glenda to a house where Bible studies are held.
- Pictures of Children’s Ministry, and Youth Fellowship.
E2E film showings conducted this last year
Pastor Lorenzo is the PAMI E2E (End to End) coordinator and film showing projectionist. Besides conducting film showings, he also helps with teaching at Emmaus Bible Institute and outreaches of Emmaus Christian Fellowship. One of PAMI’s goals is to have Pastor Lorenzo conduct at least one film showing per month. It’s amazing how many people have been impacted by this. Click here to see a pdf spreadsheet that summarizes 16 film showings conducted from January 2013 through January 2014 (or click here to see it as a Word doc file). Note that there have been over 1500 total attendees, and about 200 praying to accept Jesus and attending follow-up Bible listening/study groups. Some of these home Bible study groups are even developing into daughter churches. Read More
Report from Bulan Young People (YP)
Download and read this update from the PAMI Bulan church Young People (youth group), covering ministry activities from July to December 2012. It’s wonderful to hear how God is working in the lives of the PAMI youth.
Pictures from Pastor Randy
Here is a brief update, and some pictures from Pastor Randy in Allen
Dear Brother Mike,
How are you? We miss you.Sorry if i will not send you always my email because of Internet signal problem here in our place. I send you some of our picture here, hope you like all of this.
Gracelyn is so exited for her first year in college she taking up BSEED (Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education) she’s enrolled here in Allen.
A lot of my student for computer Literacy they are now church goers. Glory to God. This month a lot of people who enrolled again for our 2 weeks training about computer literacy, Every session we have 20 minutes Bible Study that is why by this time we have a lot of Bible Study because of Computer Program. Glory to Him.
Our radio is still Blessing every morning to every family who open their radio, we have a lot of text messages that we received everyday. Again thank you so much for your prayers and help, God bless us all always.
Pictures and Updates from Bulan
Below are a few pictures and updates from Pastor Virgilio and the PAMI Church in Bulan
Special Baptism- March 31, 2012 of Kim and Lovely, and one of the young people. Bro. Kim is Pastor Jun Palacio’s grandson. They got married last April 8.
Young people having their cell groups three times a month except last Sunday. They are sharing the word of God and praying together.
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Compassion, Computers, and Weddings
Dear Brother Mike,EBI Graduation and Update from Sis. Ofel
The following update was written by Ptr. Chito’s wife, Sis. Ofel on March 21.
Dear Brother Mike,
Greetings in Jesus name! We had our EBI graduation, the 16th of March. Though the ceremony was simple, yet everyone was excited to see new batch of workers added to the ministry of God. Parents, partner churches, guests joined with us in the said event. Thank you very much for the prayer not just for the success of the program but for the future ministry of the Graduates as well. Some of them have a prepared plan already like Brother Jess Huab who wants to continue the work in Cawayan Irosin with Irosin PAMI church; Dioveta Anion commits to helping the children’s program in Emmaus; Robelyn Ongcal wants to pursue the Missionary Training Program; Rommel Cervantes is now the Project Director in his church Compassion Project in Sorsogon Baptist Church; and Marites Espano will be going to Manila to continue the work during her Internship in Echoes of Praise Church.
By the way thank you very much for your Wedding Anniversary greetings last March 14th.I was very touched with your very encouraging words for Pastor Chito. I think it helps a lot especially on meditating on the love and power of God.
I am so blessed for your care and love that you showed my husband it means a lot for me and my children. I know God in His bountiful blessings will return all the kindness you showed for my family thank you so much.
This coming April we’ll have our Baptism and our Emmaus Family Gatherings 3rd week of the month at Bacon beach Sorsogon.
The M2M or Ministering to Ministers [for couples] will be conducting a free Seminar in the Sorsogon province. Most of PAMI married pastors will be joining because this is being coordinated by the ACM in Manila. The purpose is to offer Marriage Counseling seminar for all pastors in the province with free food and transportation.
The ALS (Alternative Learning System) conducted an orientation today. We prepared all the requirements of partnership with them. ALS is a program of the government catering to people who did not finish elementary or high school, age 14 and above. But this is also in partnership with Christian agencies, the HOPES (Harnessing Opportunities by Providing Education and Skills) to ensure that the program is church based. This ALS-HOPES will complement with our small groups especially for members of the family who want to finish elementary and high school and eventually the vocational course/skills that would be given by the government.
Praise God for all the other activities. On May, we will have a DVBS for children at Emmaus. Last March 14, I required the students on my Acts subject to apply what they have learned on how to evangelize people. We prayed much about this activity and God blessed us because 10 houses on Imperial Homes open up their houses for our new contact Bible study that will be followed up by the Interns.
All for now. The highest glory belongs to him alone.
May the Lord keep his eyes on us, May his infinite love surround our hearts as we continue serving him faithfully.
With so much love in Jesus,
Sis. Ofel D. Mendizabal
Bulan Highlights from 2011
Below is a summary report from Ptr. Virgilio Fulo on the ministry of Bulan Christian Church and daughter churches
Summary report 2011
Praise God we are very much thankful for all the blessings we received for the past year 2011, especially for giving us the strength and good health because this is a important things in our life. Year 2011 is a very good year for us Read More
Update and Pictures from E2E
PAMI has been partnering with Faith Comes by Hearing in a pilot version of the E2E (End-to-End) program. (See previous post for the background of PAMI-E2E.) FCBH has provided PAMI with a video projection system, and PAMI been taking it to different villages in the region, showing the Jesus Film. Between Oct 2010 and Oct 2011, the Jesus Film was shown at 12 different locations, with a total of over 1500 people attending. 480 people have indicated a decision to receive Christ resulting in 53 new Bible Study groups. Below is a testimony from Pastor Lorenzo Fugen regargin the E2E program.
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I am so grateful to the richest grace of God for this ministry of showing the love of God among many people through Gospel film showing. I’m personally blessed and very privileged to be a part of this project of the E2E, witnessing people to come to the salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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PAMI Newsletter and Video Documentary
The December 2011 PAMI Newsletter is now available: Click here.
Also, in case you weren’t able to attend the PAMI Potluck, take a look at the following video documentary. Video was filmed by Ptr. Randy Rivera and edited by Mike Thorud. The video shows mission highlights of God’s working from the past year of PAMI ministries.