Day 5: Crusade

GOD WILL DO IT FOR YOU BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO STAY IN THE GAME

We went to International Charismatic Service (ICS) in the city for our Church service. It is a beautiful church with a wonderful praise band, friendly members, and lead by an inspiring pastor! It was also nice that the service was in English and air conditioned ;) It was a well needed refueling
-Trina

Today in Navotas we were a part of helping in a crusade there. we went around the area and passed tracks and invited people to come be apart of the celebration. We sang, pastor spoke, several people gave personal testimonies (i.e. Garrett, Trina, and locales), 20 people accepted the invitation (Amen!), and we passed out goodies to the kids.

I think today was the most touching part of the trip so far for me. We went to- Navotas, a poor section of the city, and it was really cool how the kids just flocked to us. It was cool that i got to interact with the kids in my broken Tagalog and somehow they still understood what i said. The kids there are just so happy even though they don't have very much and they are grateful for the clothes and the toys we gave them. It makes us think about all the things we have for granted back home and how privileged we are.

-Tim

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REACH Update

Hi, this is Garrett.
Martin, Wayne, Tim, Ben, and I went to a community or Barangay called Santa Rosa to hold a basketball clinic. The Barangay leader has been talking to Pastor Norman and is embracing it as a way to keep kids from taking drugs. He supported us a lot for this reason. He just wanted a way to keep kids off the street and so God used that to give us a way to reach out to the community. While there, it was amazing how much fun the kids had doing simple basketball drills. Normally they just play, so doing those drills seemed silly and new to them and they had a lot of fun. The Barangay we were working in was the smallest Barangay on the island, and the surrounding leaders were wondering why we were supporting the smallest Barangay, but brother Wayne reminded us that Bethlehem was the smallest town, and from it came the savior of the world. I think God is starting something big in Santa Rosa, with a willing and open leader, I think they'll be able to set an example for the surrounding area of what God can do.