Responding to God’s call of proclaiming the Gospel and to minister the residents of the agricultural and fishing village of Salipsip in Polillo Island is what brought the five team members of the ECPM team in Salipsip. The team is composed of two couples and a 56-year old widower namely, Anthony and Heldy Sabudugo, Homer and Elizabeth Boragay and Nilo Gunio from Floodway Christian Church in Cainta, Rizal. The two couples came from the partnering church in Polilio Island “The Church of the Good Shepherd”. They had their first training module last August. They are now settling in the target community with the purpose of establishing a new assembly within 2 years.
For their 7th month of stay in Salipsip, the team has established more than 40 contacts and has started 11 Home Bible study. Part of relationship-building is helping their contacts in building and repair of their houses, helping in gathering copra, fishing with the fishermen and burning coal which is the common source of living. They found this method effective especially to the men which generally would like to provide for the family. They simply could not resist the help offerred to them, and thus, made a way for a good friendship. The women in the team build friendship in the community by visiting them in their homes and introduce themselves as new neighbors. After some time of acquiantance, they eventually became friends with the woman in the community. They can now openly talk about raising kids and the joys and pains of married life.
Last February 15, the team organized a parenting seminar to teach on how to raise their children in discipline and fear of the Lord. The team find this seminar very helpful as most of their contacts has more than 2 children.
The goal of the team for their two-years training is “To have 50 baptized believers attending the newly planted church at the end of August 2008.
For their 7th month of stay in Salipsip, the team has established more than 40 contacts and has started 11 Home Bible study. Part of relationship-building is helping their contacts in building and repair of their houses, helping in gathering copra, fishing with the fishermen and burning coal which is the common source of living. They found this method effective especially to the men which generally would like to provide for the family. They simply could not resist the help offerred to them, and thus, made a way for a good friendship. The women in the team build friendship in the community by visiting them in their homes and introduce themselves as new neighbors. After some time of acquiantance, they eventually became friends with the woman in the community. They can now openly talk about raising kids and the joys and pains of married life.
Last February 15, the team organized a parenting seminar to teach on how to raise their children in discipline and fear of the Lord. The team find this seminar very helpful as most of their contacts has more than 2 children.
The goal of the team for their two-years training is “To have 50 baptized believers attending the newly planted church at the end of August 2008.
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