Our Journey With Pitches
Pitches is one of the children whom we were giving cathechesis in the squatters. She was diagnosed to have ENCEPHALITIS. A sickness which has no treatment.
The family lives in the squatters and both parents have no stable job. They are among thoses who earns and eats money in a day. We as a community initiated and encouraged them to bring her to the hospital promising tjat we will help them find some financial help tp the best that we can. Through communicating with the friends, we were able to raise enough funds for her. Aside from financial help we were also journeying with them emotionally. We ourselves are emotionally involve as we were jorneying with Pitches for almost four years before she was attacked with the disease. Pitches died on May 13 after staying in the hospital for almost two months.
It was a real challenge tp journey with dying person, emotionally difficult. But one thing that we thank God is that we were able by His grace to respond to the need of the time. To help and bring hope to one family who were facing hopelessness.
Loving ministry to the Youth
Pelayanan untuk kawula muda, kami berdua merasa terpanggil melayani muda-mudi. Pelayanan di Baguio ( daerah dingin seperti puncak ) dimana banyak anak-anak muda disini banyak yang tersentuh akan kasih Tuhan.
Disana kami memberikan sesion akan cinta Tuhan, Praise and worship, karya Roh Kudus, buah-buah Roh kudus, hidup baru. Seperti mini seminar hidup baru dalam Roh. Kita juga menyewa rumah untuk memberikan formasi kepada anak-anak muda yang masih mau melanjutkan untuk menggali the mistery of God. Dimana setiap minggu, kita memberikan bible study, pengajaran-pengajaran tentang gereja dan juga ministry exposure ( dimana kita dengan anak-anak muda yang telah commit untuk 2 tahun, pergi ke desa-desa untuk pelayanan )
Pelayanan ini bener-bener luar biasa hasilnya, sekarang ini kita sudah mempunya 30 anak-anak muda yang mau commit selama 2 tahun untuk belajar tentang kitab suci dan juga memberikan kesaksian ke anak muda lainnya.
Tips : anak-anak muda membutuhkan kelompok/group dimana mereka bisa merasa nyaman untuk bercanda, mencurahkan perasaan mereka, belajar bersama-sama.
Journey with the YOUTH
During the last week of Lent, we had a priveledge to do Life in the Spirit Seminar with 15 young people in the city of Baguio ( 6 hours away from manila). The ICPE community started forming a number of youth since year 2004 which is growing so fast by God's grace.
Raymond led us into Praise abd Worship while I(Joy) gave a talk on God's Love and Sin and Salvation. As all of them were very open, the Holy Spirit ministered to them beautifully. The great experience that we had is to know and hear these young people coming to experience the Living God and to know that there is so much life in the Catholic Church!!
Honeymoon Gift
As we are coming back to the Philippines after our honeymoon holiday, God has given us a precious gift. A gift of worshipping the Lord with a group of young professionals in Singapore. We were invited to lead Praise and Worship and ministry to a group calleds"Living Stones". An experience which lifted our spirit and encouraged our heart that indeed wherever we go, we can spread the Good News. And that where there is the Spirit of God, there is our home.
