On to Discipleship...

Moving in the area of Quezon, the Polillo church planting team has just finished their 4th training module lead by Wilson Tayaban & Dado Alcala. Majority of the subjects tackled the transition of the bible studies to regular fellowships. This coming October, the team will be having their 5th on-site training module.

Presently, the team handles 12 bible studies in salipsip with an average of 4 adults regularly attending the study group. 40 attendees of these bible studies claim that they already have assurance of salvation. This is not the team’s work but God’s alone and we are really amazed at how He works in each area of church planting. There maybe some setbacks in each of the teams but still God continue to watch over His flock.

Polillo team, and ECPM as well, are thankful for their good physical & spiritual conditions. Please join us in upholding them through prayer that they continually strengthen their faith, hope and trust in God’s mighty power and that they continue to focus on His grace specially in times when life is hard & despite discouragements.

As the bible studies are now established, the team is preparing to conduct a series of fellowship among them. Also as a part of their goal for July to September of this year, they will be starting the training and discipleship of the new believers. Coinciding with these, they aim to hold baptism classes and hope to conduct water baptism by the end of the quarter.

But evangelism doesn’t stop there. The team lead by Nilo Gunio is praying to add 1 bible study group per month for the next 3 months. Let us join them in praying for possibly 3 new bible study groups. God surely has great things in store for the team for the advancement of their kingdom.

Prayer is the backbone of every ministry. And we thank the Lord as well for people like you who take time in praying and supporting the church planting teams. Please continue to pray for the strength and the lives of the Polillo church planting team. God bless you.

The Community in Linao

Linao is a barrio In Ipilan in the town of Brooke’s Point, South of Palawan. There are at least 60 families in the area who lack education in hygiene and health precautions when it comes to the issue in Malaria. Having a church planting site in Linao, the team was able to see first hand the situation in the area.

What actually is MALARIA? It is a parasitic infection transmitted to human through the bites of infected female anopheles mosquito. The resulting disease in human could be devastating. After spreading rapidly through the bloodstream to the liver, the parasite emerges again into the blood stream, finally to settle in the red blood cells, where it multiplies and emerges in bursts of new organisms. These parasites, because of their large numbers, can cause particular damage to the nervous system, liver and kidney. In the absence of immunity or drug treatment, the parasites are risks to the people’s immune system.*

Though we could not all solve the issues of Malaria in the area, the team was burdened to help them through health education and other practical ways to at least assist in preventing Malaria. The Team has listed the needs of the community that they are now praying for. ECPM, with much intercession has sought other means to help the team as well with this burden.

Aside from that, let us together pray for the provisions for their planned actions in reaching out to the community for evangelism through:

● Community Development
- Deep Well
- Health Education
- Medical & Dental Mission
- Mosquito Nets (60 families)
- Literacy Class
- Used Clothes for Palawanos

● Direct Evangelism

- Video of Burning Hell

- Generator for film showing

- Mass Wedding

- Medicines for farm animals

- Sports - Playing court & equipment (basketball, volleyball, ring etc)
- Feeding Program

We at ECPM are continually praying for these needs of the Linao team to make a difference in their battlefield – the community of Linao.

As of now, a family of nurses in Sumapa Christian Church are praying to come to Linao this August for basic health education applicable to their culture and community. A board member of ECPM is also praying to have a medical mission by that time.

We praise God for the 4O pieces of Mosquito Nets (Family Size) that were purchased in response to this specific need in Linao. As of the moment, the mosquito nets are being prepared to be immersed in anti-mosquito medicine before giving them out to the community. We are still praying for 20 pieces of mosquito nets.

Please do help us pray for these provisions. You in your own way could help the community in Linao and be a part of kingdom building.