E2E Jesus Film Showings
One of the partnerships that will be highlighted at the PAMI Potluck this coming Friday Sept 24th is the End to End (E2E) program with Faith Comes By Hearing. On one end are Jesus film showings in the Bicolano or Tagalog languages, using the Acclaimer projection system received from FCBH on May 8. This is followed by weekly Bible study groups that listen to and discuss a Bicolano or Tagalog audio New Testament, using one of the 25 Proclaimers received from FCBH on May 8. Because of the good response, FCBH plans to now supply another 25 Proclaimers. Some of the exciting developments are listed below. Read More
Ministry to Kids and Construction of Building for Them
New kids building being used for the first time on Aug 15 after steel roof and cement floor were added.
Praise God that the new kids’ building at EBI is now finished enough to be useable! After about two months of construction and $2500 spent so far, the cement walls and floor, and steel roof are now in place. But approximately another $1500 is desired to finish it (adding electrical, plastering of walls inside and outside, steel window frames and glass, and installing comfort room and sink). Please consider helping with this.
This building will especially be a big asset to the Compassion ministry. It will be a “home” for the 101 Compassion kids to gather, display their artwork, and call their own. Medical, dental, and other services will be rendered there. Tables, chairs, teaching aides, and supplies will be stored there. It will also be an office for adminstrative work. Furthermore, since this building is a big improvement to our facility, it’s probable that Compassion will increase the number of sponsored kids to 150 by 2011!
Below are photos and a report from Ptr Chito that describes their gratefulness and gives more details, history, and other facets of PAMI’s ministry to children: Read More
PAMI Strategy to Spread Further South with EBI Students from Those Places
This year, we started to plant a church/mission in Visayas region. Isomel Espinar (one of our EBI graduates from Samar) starts the work in Calbayog City, Western Samar. He is best candidate to do the job because he speaks the same dialect with the local people. And they ( with his sister Icy, {EBI graduate too}, and an EBI intern Dwight Lumberio) are having nice start as they already have Home Bible studies. Please continue to pray for Isomel, Icy and Dwight and Visayas ministry. (Note: Iso and Icy still need sponsors to cover about $100 per month allowance, $35 per month rent, and $25 per month to start a children’s milk feeding ministry like done in most other PAMI locations.)
Next mission thrust is to open ministry in Mindanao. This was a long-time prayer which begun even from the heart of our beloved first missionary Rev. Norval Thorud. One of our strategies in opening mission is to train leaders from its native place and send him/her back to his own people to bring the Good News. This is more effective than sending a pastor/worker which was oftentimes rejected/persecuted by native people because of different dialect, treated with caution being an intruder. Read More
Two Girl Scouts Collecting Items for Needy Filipino Kids
Here’s a flyer describing the project of two Girl Scouts. Please consider donating some of these items, or helping with shipping costs. It only costs $95 to cover shipping of a balikbayan box that is 29″ x 17″ x 20″, regardless of how heavy it is. Items collected this year would probably be sent by mid-October, to arrive in time for this Christmas. Similar items were brought and distributed by the Respond team in July 2009, and later collected as a “Bags of Hope” campaign at Prairie Hill E. Free Church in Eden Prairie, MN in Fall 2009. It’s kind of like the shoeboxes of items that Samaritan’s Purse collects for Operation Christmas Child. Even simple items like these can really brighten up the lives of needy kids in the Philippines. Read More
Construction of New Compassion Building at EBI
Construction is underway for a new building to support the Compassion site at EBI. Through Compassion International, 100 local Filipino children are sponsored, and come with their parents every week and receive Bible instruction, training in practical skills, medical care, school supplies, etc. PAMI is raising funds for the construction of a new building to house the Compassion program. The total cost of the building is $3000. PAMI has so far raised $2000 towards this project, and construction has started. We need $1000 more to complete the building. Would you consider a donation to partner with us in this ministry?
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Another EBI Grad Would Like to Join PAMI
Sister Lordylyn is a native of Samar who’d like to help plant churches in Samar. She is currently staying with Riveras in Allen, Samar and helping with the ministry there as a volunteer, as she waits for someone to possibly sponsor her to start a work of her own. Here is her April 12th letter requesting to be part of PAMI, as well as some recommendations and pictures: Read More
Sponsoring Sister Michelle to Pioneer in San Juan, Bulan
Sister Michelle Liclican graduated from EBI in March 2010 and desires to plant a daughter church of Bulan Church in her own neighborhood. The Bulan Church is willing to cover half her allowance if someone from the U.S. is willing to cover the other half. Please consider being her sponsor.
From Virgilio Fulo, pastor of Bulan Church: One of the graduated students sis. Michelle Liclican joined the prayer of the pastors and elders in our Sunday service we discuss about her plan and desire to work under Bulan Church to do a pioneering ministry in san Juan her own place. We agreed and decided that half of allowance will be cover by the church through the offerings and pledges of the church we are praying for another supporter to cover of sis. Michelle allowance what do you think bro. Mike. Thanks.
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Ptr James prepares for Mongolia by going to Palawan
- Ptr Arman James Formanes
Testimonies of EBI Graduates to Become PAMI Workers
Recent EBI graduates Lorenzo Fugen and Isomel Espinar are to join PAMI.
Lorenzo will help co-pastor the PAMI Church in Bulusan (Lorenzo’s hometown) and co-administer the E2E ministry with veteran Pastor Virgil Gacis. Administering E2E will involve Pastors Lorenzo and Virgil scheduling and conducting “Jesus” film showings with various pastors in different locations, distributing audio Bible “Proclaimers” and printed Bibles for follow-up Listening Group Bible studies, and reporting on results.
Isomel intends to plant a church in Calbayog City, Western Samar, and may be aided by his sister Michelle. Iso and Icy come from San Isidro, Samar and should be well suited to pioneering in Calgayog because they speak the same local dialect. They have done internship together and graduated from EBI together on March 23rd.
While Lorenzo already has a sponsor, Iso and Icy still need sponsors to cover about $100 per month allowance, $35 per month rent, and $25 per month to start a children’s milk feeding ministry like done in most other PAMI locations. Lorenzo and Isomel’s Testimony and Application Letters follow: Read More
Letter From an EBI Student Sponsored by Trinity E. Free Youth
The youth group of Trinity E. Free Church of Lakeville, MN began sponsoring an EBI student named Abner at $30 per month in December 2009. In turn, they’ve felt a close bond, because they’ve had communications back and forth with him. Other EBI students could really use sponsors too. $30 per month covers a student’s food and a small allowance for hygiene and school supplies.
The youth of Trinity sent some letters and photos of themselves writing letters to Abner. Below are a couple examples. In turn, Abner wrote the following letter back to them. He gives an interesting description of the life of a typical EBI student.
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