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“While the doctors are prescribing medication, I am prescribing Bible verses,” Jackie said, smiling. Clinic days tend to be physically and emotionally draining, but ultimately the most rewarding. With long hours, usually outside in the heat, it’s the most time we spend with the community. We get to…
MorePhoto Gallery: General Santos, Philippines 2025
“He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” Mark 16:15 This mission trip resulted in 136 baptisms (more to come), 8 gospel workers, 483 patients, 2 chapel builds, and 4 evangelism sites! We are so grateful to our partners the Southern Mindanao…
More“You Messed Me Up!”—How Conviction Led to a New Life
We were in Palawan, Philippines for a Week of Prayer. Each morning we’d be in the local hospital and every evening we’d have evangelistic meetings. I met her one morning after the messages, she was about my age, 70s, and a lifelong Catholic. But for 30 years, she had been…
MoreA Hope That Heals Addiction
One of the most beautiful things we can provide as Christians is a new definition of “hope.” In the world, “hope” is used as a wish; the strength of the wish is based on the strength of the person’s desire. In Christianity, we use the word “hope” completely differently. For…
MoreMotorcycles Reaching Rebels
What do you do when rebel forces have taken over a remote region and are not allowing anyone to enter? How does ministry continue? Pastor Isidro didn’t take “no” for an answer. He asked to speak personally with the notorious rebel leader. He prayed, “God, please give me courage and…
MoreGod Sees, Cares and Heals
“No one cares about me,” thought Joshua, his head pounding from heavy drinking the night before. Now sober, Joshua was forced to face reality. He retraced his steps that had led him down this depressing path of self-medicating and addiction. Joshua grew up in a large family that had a…
More“I was baptized when I was 15 years old to the Adventist church, but I moved away to Manila to work. I was young, life got busy, and I lost my connection to God,” shared Danilo. Danilo had grown up in Mindanao, far from the capital city of Manila. Like…
MoreFeeling Our Need for God in the Philippines
Sandy Firestone, QHM volunteer speaker for Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, shares a couple of memorable testimonies from the recent evangelism meetings. Many who were baptized at these meetings came from other Christian denominations and were seeking more Biblical truth, Sandy shares their amazing testimonies below: Zenaida is a widow who…
MoreTaking a Stand for Jesus
I was walking down the aisle just before the evening meeting in the Baguio Central church in northern Philippines, when a man stopped right in front of me and asked, “Do you remember me, Pastor Dan?” I looked at him, and then it hit me—Edgar! I had baptized him in…
MoreOur lives revolved around gambling, shared Rosamie tearfully. But Jesus truly delivered us from that desperate, depressing cycle. Renie and his wife Rosamie live in the rural mountain suburbs on the Zamboanga peninsula, a Southern region in the Philippines. Before Renie gave his life to Jesus, he used to drink…
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